It's time to grab your tickets and check to see if you're a big winner! Someone in Illinois won the jackpot worth $1 billion in the Powerball lottery.
Here are Wednesday's winning lottery numbers:
4-26-66-67-69, Powerball: 9, Power Play: 2X
The estimated Powerball jackpot is $1 billion. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $433.1 million. The jackpot resets to $20 million for Saturday night's drawing.
The Double Play is a feature that gives players in select locations another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a separate drawing. The Double Play drawing is held following the regular drawing and has a top cash prize of $10 million.
Powerball is held in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The Double Play add-on feature is available for purchase in 13 lottery jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania and Michigan.
A $2 ticket gives you a one in 292.2 million chance at joining the hall of Powerball jackpot champions.
The drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Eastern, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The deadline to purchase tickets is 9:45 p.m.
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