A Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois was the sole winner of the $1 billion jackpot, ending a three-month drought without a top-prize victor.
The ticket that won the jackpot Wednesday night was purchased at a Hy-Vee station in Quincy, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of the state capital of Springfield along the Missouri border, Illinois Lottery officials said. The winning numbers were 4-26-66-67-69 with the Powerball number of 9.
It wasn't immediately clear if the winner has come forward yet.
The prize comes in the form of either an annuity of $1 billion paid over 29 years or a lump-sum payment of $450.5 million. Winners almost always take the lump sum.
It was the first Powerball jackpot won since May 2, when the top prize was $20 million, and the first since ticket sales began in the United Kingdom last month. At $2 per play, the odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292 million.
The $1.04 billion grand prize was the eighth-largest in Powerball history, game organizers said. Another lottery game, Mega Millions has also had a $1 billion jackpot winner.
“Congratulations to our newest Powerball jackpot winner in Illinois,” Stephen Durrell, chair of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of the Kansas Lottery, said in a statement. “For more than three decades, Powerball has shown that a winning ticket can be sold anywhere the game is played, giving every $2 ticket the chance to change not only a winner’s life, but generations to come."
Four tickets sold for Wednesday's drawing — in Arizona, California, Florida and North Carolina — hit five of the numbers but missed the Powerball number. They were worth $1 million apiece. A ticket sold in Massachusetts also matched all the numbers except the Powerball number, but won $2 million because of the “Power Play” multiplier option costing an extra $1 per play.
More than 3 million tickets won lesser cash prizes.
The Powerball jackpot resets to $20 million for the next drawing on Saturday.
The record lottery jackpot still stands at just over $2 billion, won with a Powerball ticket purchased in California in 2022.
A billboard displays the estimated Powerball jackpot in Houston, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
DARWIN, Australia (AP) — Tanzid Hasan posted his maiden century in just his second cricket test to help guide Bangladesh to 351-6 at stumps Friday and into commanding position over top-ranked Australia after two days of the Top End series opener.
Tanzid raised his hundred with a single off Nathan Lyon from 188 deliveries but after a patient and resilient innings, he added just more run before he lofted a ball from the veteran Australian spinner to Mitchell Starc at long-off soon after.
He shared two big, important partnerships to set No. 9-ranked Bangladesh on course for a big first-inning lead, combining with Mominul Haque (49) in a 102-run second-wicket stand and 93 with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto for the third.
Shanto went on to score 84 from 126 deliveries before he was one of the three wickets to fall in a four-over period soon after the Australians took the second new ball.
Bangladesh resumed Friday at 96-1, 102 behind on the first innings after dismissing Australia for 198, and finished Day 2 with a 153-run lead and four wickets in hand.
In their first test on Australian soil since 2003, the Bangladesh players were just as disciplined with the bat as they were with the ball on the opening day.
Mehidy Hassan Miraz (32) and Hasan Mahmud (13) shared a 43-run unbroken partnership for the seventh wicket to get Bangladesh to stumps in the kind of position that few expected ahead of the series.
The reunion of Australia’s so-called Big Four — pacemen Pat Cummins,Josh Hazlewood and Starc and veteran off-spinner Lyon has so far been blunted by the visiting batters in the warm, tropical conditions of far north Australia.
The two-test “Top End” series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to South Africa, India and England.
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Mitchell Starc of Australia appeals unsuccessfully for a wicket during play on day two of the first cricket test against Bangladesh in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug.14, 2026, (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)
Tanzid Hasan Tamid of Bangladesh, left, celebrates scoring a century as Australia's Jake Weatherald watches during play on day two of the first cricket test in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug.14, 2026. (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)
Tanzid Hasan Tamid of Bangladesh celebrates scoring a century against Australia during play on day two of the first cricket test in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug.14, 2026. (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)
Josh Hazlewood of Australia, right, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Mominul Haque of Bangladesh during play on day two of the first cricket test in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)
Mominul Haque of Bangladesh bats during play on day two of the first cricket test against Australia in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)
Bangladesh's Tanzid Hasan bats against Australia during their cricket test match in Darwin, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
