Hit the jackpot, meet the taxman. The Powerball jackpot has soared to a staggering estimated $1.8 billion — but the lucky winner will have to fork over millions in taxes before enjoying the benefits ...

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(NEXSTAR) — As it is designed to do, the Powerball jackpot again evaded players on Wednesday, with no ticket matching the winning numbers. That means we now have one of the largest lottery jackpots, ...

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion before the Wednesday, Sept. 3 drawing. With no big winners, the jackpot will be an estimated $1.7 billion at the next drawing. The Sept. 6 ...

The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $1.7 billion, the third highest in history, after no one won the latest drawing Wednesday night. No one won the ticket that matched all six numbers drawn on ...

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing is up to $1.7 billion Nobody hit the Powerball jackpot after the Sept. 3 drawing The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million With ...

Sept. 4 (UPI) --The Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.7 billion after no one matched all five numbers and the red ball on Wednesday. Saturday's Powerball is the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery ...

The Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $1.4 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing — the fourth largest in its history and the sixth largest ever among all U.S. lotteries. While the chances of ...

MACON, Ga. — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.4 billion ahead of Wednesday night's jackpot, but that doesn't mean a Peach State winner would automatically become a billionaire. If a lottery ...

The estimated Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, Sept. 3, drawing has reached a whopping $1.4 billion with a cash value of $634 million, making it one of the largest lottery jackpots ever, but a ...

The Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.4 billion ahead of the next drawing on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The cash value payout is $634.3 million. Here's how to play and watch the Powerball drawing tonight.