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Illinois Gas Station Sells $1 Billion Powerball Winning Ticket

A single Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois won the $1.04 billion jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing, ending a three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. The prize was the eighth largest in Powerball history and the biggest jackpot of the year.

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Only one Powerball ticket, sold in western Illinois, matched all six numbers from Wednesday's $1 billion drawing. Tom Hanson reports.

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Lottery ticket sold at Illinois gas station wins $1bn Powerball jackpot

Prize was eighth largest in Powerball history and followed three months without a top prize winner A Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois was the sole winner of the $1bn jackpot, ending a three-month drought without a top-prize victor. The ticket that won the jackpot on Wednesday night was purchased at a Hy-Vee station in Quincy, about 100 miles (160km) west of the state capital of Springfield…

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Single ticket sold in Illinois wins $1 billion Powerball jackpot

Only one Powerball ticket, sold in western Illinois, matched all six numbers from Wednesday's $1 billion drawing. Tom Hanson reports.

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