The second-largest Powerball jackpot in US history has been claimed — and after taxes, the record-shattering prize looks a lot smaller than the headline figure. Saturday’s $1.787 billion drawing ...

The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.8 billion for Saturday night's drawing after no tickets came up winners of Wednesday's $1.4 billion grand prize, Powerball said. Saturday's pot of gold ...

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, ...

Wednesday's jackpot ranked as as the fourth largest in Powerball history. No winner was declared after Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, resulting in the jackpot climbing to $1.7 billion. The ...

The Powerball jackpot has leaped to $1.7 billion after there were no big grand prize winners in Wednesday's drawing. Wednesday's winning numbers were 3, 16, 29, 61, 69 with a red Powerball of 22 and a ...

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 ...

The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.70 billion after no one won the top prize on Sept. 3. The winning numbers for the Sept. 3 drawing were 3-16-29-61-69 and the Powerball was 22. While ...

Feeling lucky? Match these numbers and you win the 4th-largest Powerball jackpot in history. The winning numbers for Wednesday, Sept. 3 are: 3-16-29-61-69 and the Powerball is 22 If you are the sole ...