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 ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

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 ...

After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Sept. 3 Powerball drawing, the grand prize jumped into record territory for the next drawing Saturday, Sept. 6. Estimated jackpot for ...

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 ...

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 jackpot surged after 40 drawings passed without a top prize winner. Wednesday's Powerball jackpot has reached a staggering $1.4 billion, but how does that compare to other big lottery prizes? And ...

The Powerball jackpot for the Sept. 3 drawing has grown to an estimated $1.4 billion. A standard Powerball ticket costs $2, with optional add-ons like Power Play and Double Play available for an extra ...