A ticket sold in Illinois matched all six winning numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing to claim the $1.040 billion jackpot.The grand prize has an estimated cash value of $450.5 million and ranks as the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won, according to Powerball.The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history was won on Nov. 7, 2022, when a ticket sold in California claimed a $2.04 billion Powerball prize. A $1.817 billion Powerball jackpot won on Christmas Eve ranks as the second-largest prize in U.S. lottery history.The white balls drawn Wednesday were 4, 26, 66, 67 and 69. The red Powe...
Single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois wins $1.04 billion jackpot, eighth-largest in US history
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Aug 13, 2026 • 3 weeks ago
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