Lottery frenzy hits Illinois town where winning billion-dollar Powerball ticket was sold

Excitement has reached a fever pitch in Quincy, the Illinois town where the winning billion-dollar Powerball jackpot ticket was sold. CBS News' Lana Zak checked out the convenience store that sold the lucky ticket.

A single ticket sold at a Hy-Vee gas station in Quincy, Illinois won the $1.04 billion jackpot, ending Powerball's three-month drought.

It won’t take a billion guesses. The manager of the Illinois gas station that sold Wednesday night’s $1.04 billion winning Powerball lottery ticket is confident he’ll soon work out who the lucky winner is, even though they could try to remain secret. “I’d say probably 15% of our customers are traveling through town. Th

A Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois was the sole winner of the US$1 billion jackpot, ending a three-month drought without a top-prize victor.

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 purchas

Winning ticket for $1 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in Illinois  Toronto Star

A Powerball ticket sold in western Illinois has won a $1 billion jackpot

A Powerball ticket sold in western Illinois has won a $1 billion jackpot

Winning ticket for $1 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in Illinois  apnews.com

A $2 stake by a player in Illinois won the billion dollar Powerball jackpot, the largest win of 2026 and the eighth largest in history of the game.

We have a winner! $1.040B Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Illinois  USA Today

Las Vegas Review-Journal August 12, 2026 - 10:14 pm One ticket sold in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday’s $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot. The identity of the ticket holder is not known. The winning numbers were: 4-26-66-67-69, Powerball 9. One ticket sold in Sacramento, Calif., matched five numbers to win

To the tens of thousands and likely more dreaming about a $1 billion Powerball win, the anticipation is over: Someone who bought a ticket in Illinois won it all.

Check your numbers to see if you hit it big in Wednesday's jackpot.

Four of the winning tickets were bought by Auckland players, while the remaining First Division prizes went to Haumoana, Levin and Canterbury.

Publix, Miami stores sold Tuesday lottery winners. Powerball jackpot: $1 billion  Miami Herald

Powerball hits $1 billion for tonight’s drawing, the biggest US lottery jackpot of the year | CNN Business  CNN