A winning ticket was sold in Illinois for Wednesday night’s $1.04 billion Powerball, marking the largest grand prize since last year. The winning numbers were 4, 26, 66, 67, 69, and red Powerball 9, with a Power Play multiplier of 2.
The ticket was purchased at a Hy-Vee gas station in Quincy, roughly 100 miles west of Springfield in the southwest corner of the state. The winner, who has not been identified and can remain anonymous in Illinois, can choose to receive an annuitized prize of $1.04 billion paid in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, or a lump sum payment estimated at $450.5 million. Both figures are before taxes.
Other Winners
Additionally, one lucky ticket sold in Massachusetts drew five of the six numbers with the Power Play multiplier, winning $2 million, and five tickets sold across four states – Arizona, California, Florida and North Carolina – won $1 million each, the lottery said.
Wednesday’s drawing was the first billion-dollar Powerball jackpot since a player in Arkansas took home $1.8 billion on Christmas Eve last year. It was also the first time someone won the grand prize in more than three months, since two players in Florida and Texas split a $20 million prize on May 2.
The jackpot now resets at $20 million for Saturday’s drawing. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are approximately 1 in 292.2 million.
Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.
