A single Powerball ticket has snagged an astounding jackpot estimated at $1.04 billion, marking it as the eighth-largest prize in the game's history. The lucky winner faces the choice of a lump-sum cash option or a generous 30-year annuity payout. Powerball drawings are held three times a week, with the next exhilarating draw scheduled for August 15.

If the jackpot crosses $1 billion after the next draw, this will be the first to do so since the $1.8 billion prize claimed by a Powerball player from Arizona last year.

The jackpot is the eighth largest in Powerball history.

Powerball draw: The Powerball jackpot has soared to approximately one billion dollars, marking it as the eighth-largest prize ever in the games history. The last winning jackpot…