A $2 stake by a player in Illinois won the billion dollar Powerball jackpot, the largest win of 2026 and the eighth largest in history of the game.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1 billion after no ticket won the grand prize Monday night, marking the first billion-dollar Powerball jackpot since a player in…

A winning ticket was sold in Illinois for Wednesday night’s $1.04 billion Powerball, according to the lottery, marking the largest grand prize since last year.

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…

It's the largest U.S. lottery jackpot so far this year.