Topline A single ticket sold in Washington state was declared the winner of the $754 million Powerball jackpot on Monday, the ninth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, although the actual amount ...
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Powerball Swells To $700 Million—Here’s Why There Have Been So Many Massive Jackpots Recently
Topline The Powerball jackpot soared to $700 million ahead of Saturday’s drawing, making it the 10th biggest lottery jackpot ever as both the Powerball and Mega Millions continue to reach astounding j...
Powerball Jackpot Reaches $700 Million—Here’s What The Winner Would Take Home After Taxes
Topline The Powerball jackpot jumped to $700 million on Thursday after no winning tickets were drawn Wednesday night, making it the 10th biggest lottery jackpot in history, although the winner would t...
Mega Millions Jackpot Swells To $1.35 Billion For Friday 13th Draw—Here’s The Tax Bill If You Win
Topline No one bagged Tuesday night’s billion-dollar Mega Millions draw, the lottery operator said, sending the jackpot soaring to $1.35 billion for the next draw on Friday the 13th, one of the larges...
California Ticket Wins Record $2.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot—Here’s How Much They’ll Pay In Taxes
Topline A single winning ticket sold in California bagged Monday night’s record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, the lottery said, though the lucky winner faces a hefty tax bill and will take home muc...
One Winner In California Claims Record $2.04 Billion Prize—Here’s How Much They’ll Take Home After Taxes
Topline A single winning ticket sold in California claimed the record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot on Tuesday, giving the lucky winner a choice of receiving 30 annual payments over 29 years or a sm...
The Lottery Jackpot’s The Largest In Recorded History. Should You ‘Invest’?
If you won the lottery, how should you take the money? getty As the Powerball jackpot hits record-breaking $2 billion, and we wait to see if there’s a winning ticket, does it make sense to play? Your ...
Winning ticket for Powerball $2.04 billion jackpot sold in California
Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images California does not tax lottery winnings While the IRS will scrape 24% — or $239.4 million — off the top for federal tax withholding, California does not...
Record Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $2.3 Billion After No Ticket Wins Monday’s Draw—Here’s How Much Tax A Winner Would Pay
Topline No one bagged Monday night’s enormous $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, sending the prize soaring to a record-breaking $2.3 billion for the next draw, the lottery reportedly said, though any lu...
The 5 most common mistakes lottery winners make that the $1.9 billion Powerball winner should avoid
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb and has now reached nearly $2 billion, making it the world’s largest lottery prize ever. There were no winners for this past Saturday’s drawing, thus continuin...
The $1.9 Billion Powerball Jackpot: Odds, Taxes, Value
What’s a ticket worth? Something like $1.46. Long shot (Photo by William Thomas Cain) Getty Images Today’s a good day for buying a lottery ticket. Or rather, today’s not as bad a day as most days. Aft...
Powerball jackpot still up for grabs. Here’s what to do if you win
What should you do with $1.9 billion? The Powerball lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.9 billion after no one matched all six numbers on Saturday night to win the top prize. Claiming that much money like...
Powerball Jackpot Swells To Record $1.9 Billion After No Ticket Wins Saturday’s Draw—Here’s How Much Tax A Winner Would Pay
Topline No one bagged Saturday night’s enormous Powerball jackpot, sending the prize soaring to a record-breaking $1.9 billion for the next draw, the lottery said, though any lucky winner will face a ...
Here’s how much you’d earn on your Powerball winnings if you put them in a high-yield savings account
Wednesday came and went with no winner for the Powerball jackpot, which means the pot has now soared to $1.5 billion. The last time the 45-state lottery game’s winnings grew that high was in 2016 when...
Powerball Jackpot Swells To $1.5 Billion After No Ticket Wins Wednesday’s Draw—Here’s How Much Tax A Winner Would Pay
Topline No one bagged Wednesday night’s billion-dollar Powerball draw, sending the jackpot soaring to a nearly record-breaking $1.5 billion for the next draw, the lottery said, though any lucky winner...
Powerball Jackpot Swells To $1.2 Billion After No Ticket Wins Halloween Draw—Here’s The Tax Bill If You Win
Topline No one bagged Monday night’s billion-dollar Halloween Powerball draw, sending the jackpot soaring to $1.2 billion for the next draw on Wednesday, the lottery said, though any lucky winner will...
Powerball Jackpot Hits $1 Billion—Here’s How Much A Winner Would Actually Take Home After Taxes
Topline The Powerball jackpot hit 10 figures Sunday night to reach an estimated $1 billion, the second-largest payout in the lottery’s 30-year history, but the lucky winner will take home considerably...
Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion. If you win, here’s the tax bill
The jackpot for Powerball’s Monday night drawing is a whopping $1 billion. Sort of, anyway. The advertised number represents the pretax amount you’d get if you were to receive your windfal...
Tax bill for Vermont winner of Powerball $366.7 million jackpot
If you’re holding the winning ticket for Powerball’s $366.7 million jackpot, don’t forget about your silent partner: Uncle Sam. After rolling higher for about two months of three wee...
A $1 million Powerball ticket expires soon. Many prizes go unclaimed
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Powerball players may want to make sure they’re looking more closely at their numbers after each drawing. In about two weeks — on May 5 — a ticket purchased in Mic...