Lucky winner scoops Powerball jackpot of $1.04 billion

The Independent

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• An Illinois Powerball player has won Wednesday night’s $1.04 billion jackpot.
• The grand prize is the largest won since 2025.
• The winning numbers were 4, 26, 66, 67, and 69, and the Powerball was 9.
• The winner, who has not yet been identified, can choose to receive the $1.04 billion in 30 graduated annual payments, or a lump sum of about $450.5 million.
• Both of those figures are before taxes.