Single Illinois Powerball ticket wins $1.04 billion jackpot, ending 44 draws without a winner and marking one of the biggest lottery prizes in US history.

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.

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…

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.