A Powerball player in Illinois won the $1.04 billion jackpot Wednesday night.
The winning numbers were 4, 26, 66, 67, 69 and the red Powerball 9.
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.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.
It is the eighth-largest jackpot win in Powerball’s history.
That surpasses the $842.4 million winner on New Year’s Day in 2024.
The historic holiday prize was claimed by “The Breakfast Club.”
That group chose the $425.2 million cash sum.
They purchased the winning ticket at a Food Castle grocery store in Grand Blanc, Mich.
Powerball’s grand prize was last hit when two ticket holders in Texas and Florida shared the $20 million payout on May 2.
The Texas player, who remained anonymous, chose the $9,000,000 cash option.
That amount was split to $4,500,000 because of the share.
Wednesday’s win is the largest since Tracy Hartwick won the $1.82 billion Powerball jackpot drawing on Christmas Eve in Cabot, Arkansas.
Hartwick, whose brother Terry Hartwick is serving his third term as North Little Rock mayor, claimed the second-largest Powerball jackpot in history.
The new billionaire’s name remained confidential only for six months since he is the sibling of an elected official.
That disclosure was required under Arkansas Act 889 of 2021.
Hartwick chose the one-time cash sum option.
He split it with his other brother and a third non-relative.
In the viral moment that defined the previous jackpot cycle, the Powerball grand prize had rolled over repeatedly after the May 2 split win.
No ticket matched all six numbers for weeks.
The jackpot climbed past $800 million, then $900 million.
By Monday, officials estimated it at $1 billion.
Wednesday’s drawing finally produced a single winner in Illinois.
The prize ranks behind only seven previous Powerball jackpots in the game’s history.
The largest remains the $2.04 billion won in California in November 2022.
The next Powerball drawing resets to $20 million.
That drawing is scheduled for Saturday night.