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Billion with a capital B.<\/p>\n

A Powerball player in Illinois won the $1.04 billion jackpot Wednesday night, the game\u2019s largest grand prize of the year.<\/p>\n

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The winning numbers were 4, 26, 66, 67, 69 and the red Powerball 9.<\/p>\n

The ticket holder, who has yet to be identified, can choose between the $1 billion prize or a one-time $450.5 million cash payout.<\/p>\n

The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.<\/p>\n

It is the eighth-largest jackpot win in Powerball\u2019s history, surpassing the $842.4 million winner on New Year\u2019s Day in 2024.<\/p>\n

The historic holiday prize was claimed by \u201cThe Breakfast Club,\u201d who chose the $425.2 million cash sum after purchasing the winning ticket at a Food Castle grocery store in Grand Blanc, Mich.<\/p>\n

Powerball\u2019s grand prize was last hit when two ticket holders in Texas and Florida shared the $20 million payout on May 2.<\/p>\n

The Texas player, who remained anonymous, chose the $9,000,000 cash option, which was split to $4,500,000 because of the share.<\/p>\n

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The Florida ticket remains unclaimed.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s win is the largest since Tracy Hartwick won the $1.82 billion Powerball jackpot drawing\u00a0on Christmas Eve in Cabot, Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Hartwick, whose brother Terry Hartwick is serving his third term as North Little Rock mayor, claimed the second-largest Powerball jackpot in history.<\/p>\n

The new billionaire\u2019s name remained confidential only for six months since he is the sibling of an elected official, according to Arkansas Act 889 of 2021.<\/p>\n

Hartwick chose the one-time cash sum option and split it with his other brother and a third non-relative.<\/p>\n

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