American woman wins $1.04B Powerball jackpot
A woman in Illinois won a $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot by matching all six numbers, with the winning ticket sold at a gas station in Quincy on August 12. The winner has chosen to remain anonymous and can claim the prize either in 29 annual installments or as a lump sum of $450.5 million before taxes.
Consensus
- A Powerball jackpot of $1.04 billion was won in Illinois.
- The winning ticket was sold at a gas station in Quincy, Illinois.
- The winning numbers were 4, 26, 66, and 67, 69, and Powerball 9.
- The winner has chosen to remain anonymous.
- The jackpot can be claimed either in 29 annual installments or a lump sum of $450.5M before taxes.
- The jackpot was the eighth largest in Powerball history.
- The winning ticket was the only one with a full match of all numbers.
- The next Powerball draw is scheduled for August 15.
Points of divergence
- The winner is a woman who bought the ticket on August 12 and chose anonymity. — vm
- The gas station that sold the winning ticket will receive a $500,000 bonus. — vm
- A woman in Moscow won a lottery prize of over 16.8 million rubles on July 3, choosing numbers at random. — vm
- Four other players matched five main numbers and won $1 million each, and one player from Massachusetts won $2 million with Power Play. — fontanka
- The official results were published on August 13 on the lottery's website. — fontanka
- The jackpot was announced as $1 billion, though other sources specify $1.04 billion. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- NYP: American woman wins lottery jackpot of over a billion dollars — Вечерняя Москва
- American guessed six numbers and won a billion dollars in the lottery — Вечерняя Москва
- Lucky man from US broke billion-dollar jackpot — Фонтанка
- In the US, Powerball lottery winner won $1 billion — Вести
- Million dollars won in lottery by lucky man from USA. — РИА Новости (Telegram)