$1.04B Lottery Jackpot Amount only Multi-sourced

$1.04B Powerball jackpot

venue not named in reporting · August 15, 2026

Prize confirmed, venue not named in reporting

Prize: $1,040,000,000as reported
Lottery: PowerballUS
Winner from: ILas stated in reporting
Reported: August 15, 2026WATE 6 On Your Side

$1,040,000,000 was paid out on August 15, 2026.

Measured against everything on file, this one sits at number 2 of 453.

The figures above come from reporting by WATE 6 On Your Side; the original article is linked below.

Source

Original headline Will we ever know who won $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot?

Indexed from a headline by WATE 6 On Your Side. 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 10 other outlets — which is why this entry is treated as confirmed rather than single-sourced:

$1.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in Illinois; Florida player wins $1 million WPEC · 2026-08-13
CHECK YOUR TICKETS! Wednesday night’s $1.040 billion Powerball jackpot was won out-of-state, but four lucky Massachusetts players are waking up richer. facebook.com · 2026-08-13
A ticket hits $1.040 billion Powerball jackpot. Plus $1 million NC win The Asheville Citizen Times · 2026-08-13
Single Powerball ticket hits $1.04 billion jackpot, 8th-largest ever Cincinnati Enquirer · 2026-08-13
One winner claims the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot North Platte Post · 2026-08-13
WINNER! 1 lucky ticket hits Powerball jackpot worth $1.04 billion in drawing on Wednesday, Aug. 12: See where the winning ticket was sold WKYC · 2026-08-13
Powerball jackpot winner: $1.04 billion prize won by single ticket sold in Illinois ABC7 New York · 2026-08-13
$1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot Won in Illinois MyNewsLA.com · 2026-08-13
Single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois wins $1.04 billion jackpot, eighth-largest in US history Fox Business · 2026-08-13
Powerball ticket holder in Illinois wins $1.04 billion jackpot New York Post · 2026-08-13