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A ticket offered in Illinois matched all six successful numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing to assert the $1.040 billion jackpot.
The grand prize has an estimated money worth of $450.5 million and ranks because the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot ever received, in response to Powerball.
The biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. historical past was received on Nov. 7, 2022, when a ticket offered in California claimed a $2.04 billion Powerball prize. A $1.817 billion Powerball jackpot received on Christmas Eve ranks because the second-largest prize in U.S. lottery historical past.
The white balls drawn Wednesday have been 4, 26, 66, 67 and 69. The crimson Powerball was 9, and the Energy Play multiplier was 2X.
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A single Powerball ticket offered in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing to win the $1.04 billion jackpot. (CatLane / iStock)
“Congratulations to our latest Powerball jackpot winner in Illinois,” mentioned Stephen Durrell, chair of the Powerball Product Group and government director of the Kansas Lottery.
“For greater than three a long time, Powerball has proven {that a} successful ticket might be offered wherever the sport is performed, giving each $2 ticket the possibility to vary not solely a winner’s life, however generations to return,” Durrell continued. “As participation continues to develop throughout markets, gamers are serving to gas bigger jackpots and create even higher pleasure for the sport.”
The winner could have the selection between an annuitized prize of $1.040 billion or a lump-sum cost of $450.5 million.
Each prize choices are earlier than taxes.
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An Illinois Powerball ticket received the $1.04 billion jackpot, which carries an estimated money worth of $450.5 million earlier than taxes. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
If the winner selects the annuity possibility, they’ll obtain one fast cost adopted by 29 annual funds that enhance by 5% annually.
4 different tickets offered in Arizona, California, Florida and North Carolina matched all 5 white balls. The Match 5 prize is $1 million besides in California, the place payouts are decided on a pari-mutuel foundation. A fifth ticket offered in Massachusetts additionally matched all 5 white balls and included the Energy Play possibility for a further $1, doubling the prize to $2 million, in response to Powerball.
The Powerball jackpot was final received Could 2, when two tickets offered in Florida and Texas break up a $20 million prize.
Wednesday’s jackpot was the most important Powerball prize received up to now this 12 months. The drawing was the forty fourth within the present jackpot run and the primary run to incorporate gamers from the UK since Powerball ticket gross sales launched there July 21.
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A Powerball ticket offered in Illinois matched all six successful numbers to finish a 44-drawing jackpot run. (Reuters)
The jackpot will now reset to $20 million for the following drawing Saturday.
The chances of successful the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
FOX Enterprise’ Matthew Kazin contributed to this report.
