An Illinois Powerball player has won an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, becoming the sole winner of Wednesday's lottery.

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 prize has increased by $70 million ahead of the next draw

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…