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Powerball winner for $1.817 billion jackpot bought lucky ticket in Arkansas. Here are the numbers.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.
Powerball players in North Texas said they would buy homes, cars and pay off debt. Nearly all would remain anonymous.
Her generosity could pay off, as the estimated jackpot is $1.7 billion. The cash option for the prize exceeds $781 million. But the Fox family doesn't have the exclusive lockdown on playing the fantasy-rich Powerball, where the odds are 1 in about 292 million.
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Texas players eye $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot as lump sum payout faces big taxes, Forbes reported
The Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.6 billion after another rollover, giving Texas players a chance at a massive prize heavily reduced by federal taxes.
ROSENBERG, Texas — With the Powerball jackpot soaring to an estimated $1.7 billion on Christmas Eve, long lines formed at Lucky Rudy's in Rosenberg — a lottery stop many in the Houston area consider a "lucky" store because it has sold winning tickets in the past.