We have a winner! $1.040B Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Illinois
$1.040 billion was won by a single Powerball ticket sold at an Illinois gas station.
The reporting (9)
- Winning Powerball ticket sold in Quincy WGEM · 9h ago
- Gas station that sold $1B lottery ticket inching closer to ID’ing jackpot winner: ‘Like a murder mystery’ New York Post · 9h ago
- Winning $100,000 Powerball ticket sold in CT; ‘eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history’ won in IL Hartford Courant · 9h ago
- One lucky winner hits the $1 billion Powerball jackpot NBC 5 Chicago · 9h ago
- Lottery ticket sold at Illinois gas station wins $1bn Powerball jackpot The Guardian · 9h ago
- Powerball's $1 billion jackpot won by a single ticket. See the winning numbers. Yahoo · 9h ago
- Midwest Powerball winner gets $1 billion; 2 Michigan tickets worth $50K The Detroit News · 9h ago
- Illinois Powerball jackpot-winning ticket worth $1.04 billion sold at Quincy Hy-Vee gas station CBS News · 9h ago
- We have a winner! $1.040B Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Illinois USA Today · 9h ago broke it first
The brief
One billion forty million dollars is the massive total of a single Powerball jackpot ticket sold at a Quincy Hy-Vee gas station in Illinois, marking the eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history. Additional winning tickets were sold elsewhere, including a $100,000 ticket in Connecticut and two $50,000 tickets in Michigan.
The identity of the winner has not yet been publicly established as the gas station inches closer to identifying the individual who purchased the lucky ticket. Future updates will depend on the winner coming forward to claim the historic prize and official announcements from lottery officials regarding the validation of the ticket.
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Quick answers
How much was the Powerball jackpot?
$1.040 billion.
Where was the winning ticket sold?
At a Quincy Hy-Vee gas station in Illinois.
Has the winner been identified?
Coverage does not yet specify the identity of the winner, though the gas station is working toward identifying them.
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