$1.04 Billion Powerball Ticket Sold In Illinois

Illinois Ticket Wins Enormous $1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot

A single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won Wednesday night's enormous $1.04 billion jackpot.

The ticket matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. In case you were wondering, the numbers are 4, 26, 66, 67, and 69, and the Powerball number is 9.

That combination of numbers just landed someone the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.

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Lump Sum vs. Annuity: Deciding How to Take $450.5 Million

Here's the toughest question the winner has to answer: "Will you take the lump sum option or have it paid as an annuity over the next 29 years?"

I know it's a tough question, and one I'd love to be in the impossible position to answer. The lump-sum one-time payout amount is a paltry $450.5 million.

It's been over three months since someone won the Powerball jackpot, and the prize has continued to grow during that time. While that is a sizeable amount of dough, one person is taking the largest-ever prize, which dates back to 2022, when the jackpot was $2.04 billion.

Quincy Hy-Vee Revealed as the Lucky $1.04B Ticket Location

Now the real question on everyone's minds here is "Who bought the ticket?"

We don't know right now. The only thing we do know is that it was sold at the Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh in Quincy.

Quincy is right on the Illinois border and about a 4-hour, 15-minute drive from Rockford.

Is there any chance it was someone from Rockford? Probably not, but can you imagine winning a billion dollars? What's the first thing you'd do with the money?