Single ticket sold in Illinois wins $1 billion Powerball jackpot
Only one Powerball ticket, sold in western Illinois, matched all six numbers from Wednesday's $1 billion drawing. Tom Hanson reports.


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Only one Powerball ticket, sold in western Illinois, matched all six numbers from Wednesday's $1 billion drawing. Tom Hanson reports.

The jackpot is the eighth-largest Powerball prize ever.

The Powerball jackpot Wednesday has risen to $1 billion. The last person to win the jackpot was in May. Jason Allen reports.

With no winner since May, the Powerball grand prize ballooned to the eighth largest in history.

Saturday's jackpot has an estimated cash value of $686.5 million, Powerball said. It's the game's seventh-largest among U.S. lottery jackpots.

Wednesday's jackpot has an estimated cash value of $572.1 million, Powerball said.

The $1 billion jackpot is the seventh-largest in the game's history.

Saturday's jackpot has an estimated cash value of $826.4 million, Powerball said.

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