Illinois Ticket Wins Historic $1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot
A single ticket sold in Illinois has won the Powerball lottery's historic $1.04 billion jackpot, breaking a 44-draw winless streak and marking the largest prize awarded this year.
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$1 billion Powerball jackpot has a winner
The prize is the eighth largest in Powerball history. The player with the winning numbers can choose a lump sum of $450 million or a series of payments made over 29 years.
By Victoria Craw
Read full article →Lottery ticket sold at Illinois gas station wins $1bn Powerball jackpot
Prize was eighth largest in Powerball history and followed three months without a top prize winner A Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois was the sole winner of the $1bn jackpot, ending a three-month drought without a top-prize victor. The ticket that won the jackpot on Wednesday night was purchased at a Hy-Vee station in Quincy, about 100 miles (160km) west of the state capital of Springfield along the Missouri border, Illinois Lottery officials said. The winning number...
By Associated Press
Read full article →Illinois Powerball player wins $1 billion jackpot in biggest prize of year so far
The lucky player has a choice of taking a $450.5 million jump sum or the full amount in 30 payments
By Owen Scott
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