$1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot Won by Single Illinois Ticket
A sole winning ticket sold at a Hy-Vee gas station in Quincy matched every number in the August 12 drawing. The holder had not publicly come forward when the report was published.
A single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won the advertised $1.04 billion jackpot in the Wednesday, August 12, 2026, drawing, ending the search for a top prize that had accumulated to one of the game's biggest amounts.
The ticket matched all five white-ball numbers and the Powerball number, making it the only jackpot-winning ticket in the drawing. The numbers drawn were 4, 26, 66, 67 and 69, with Powerball 9.
The winning ticket was purchased at a Hy-Vee gas station in Quincy, Illinois, a city near the Missouri border. The location identifies where the winning entry was sold, but the person or people who hold the ticket had not publicly come forward when the report was published.
The advertised jackpot was valued at $1.04 billion. The winner can choose an annuity totaling $1 billion and paid over 29 years, or a lump-sum payment of $450.5 million.
The prize ranked as the eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history. It also represented the sole top-prize win from the August 12 drawing, with no other ticket matching the complete winning combination.
The next Powerball jackpot reset to $20 million after the Illinois ticket claimed the previous top prize. The winning ticket's holder remains unidentified, leaving the final details of the win open until the ticket is presented and the winner comes forward.
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