$1.00B Lottery Jackpot Amount only Multi-sourced
$1.00B Powerball jackpot
venue not named in reporting · August 13, 2026
Prize confirmed, venue not named in reporting
- Prize
- $1,000,000,000as reported
- Lottery
- PowerballUS
- Winner from
- ILas stated in reporting
- Reported
- August 13, 2026PennLive.com
$1,000,000,000 was paid out on August 13, 2026.
Measured against everything on file, this one sits at number 3 of 453.
The figures above come from reporting by PennLive.com; the original article is linked below.
Source
Original headlineSomeone hit the Powerball: 1 ticket wins $1 billion jackpot
Indexed from a headline by PennLive.com. We couldn't resolve a stable link to the full article, so this entry carries only what the headline stated.
The same figure was reported independently by 6 other outlets — which is why this entry is treated as confirmed rather than single-sourced:
- Powerball jackpot of $1 billion won by Illinois resident - Courier-Post Courier-Post · 2026-08-13
- Powerball Player in Illinois Wins $1 Billion Jackpot, 8th Largest Prize in Lottery’s History People.com · 2026-08-13
- Illinois Powerball Player Wins $1 Billion Jackpot—But Here's Why They Won't Become A Billionaire Forbes · 2026-08-13
- Single ticket bought in Illinois wins $1 billion Powerball jackpot NBC News · 2026-08-13
- One lucky winner hits the $1 billion Powerball jackpot NBC Chicago · 2026-08-13
- Powerball player in Illinois wins $1 billion jackpot abcnews.com · 2026-08-13
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