A Powerball ticket bought in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing, successful an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, in keeping with the lottery group.
The successful numbers had been 4, 26, 66, 67, 69 and purple Powerball 9.
It is the most important Powerball jackpot to date this yr, and the eight-largest Powerball jackpot within the recreation’s historical past.
The winner can high for the annuitized prize paid out over 29 years or a lump money fee of $450.5 million. Each prizes are earlier than taxes.
Wednesday’s drawing was the forty fourth consecutive drawing because the final jackpot win on Could 2.
Final yr, there have been two Powerball jackpots that hit greater than $1 billion, together with $1.8 billion jackpot won on Christmas Eve that was the largest U.S. lottery prize ever.
A $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot gained in September 2025 by two tickets in Missouri and Texas was the third-largest prize in U.S. lottery historical past.
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