Powerball Jackpot Tops $1.1 Billion—This Year’s Biggest Lottery Prize

Topline The Powerball jackpot jumped to an estimated $1.1 billion for a Labor Day drawing, this year’s largest lottery prize and Powerball’s fifth-largest ever, though a lucky winner—facing astronomical one-in-292.2 million odds—could take home significantly less of that amount after paying required taxes. The prize is the largest lottery jackpot this year and Powerball’s fifth-largest…

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Powerball Jackpot Hits $750 Million—Here’s What the Winner Could Take Home After Taxes

Topline The Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to $750 million—the tenth-largest prize in the lottery’s history—after no winning tickets were sold in the latest drawing, but an eventual winner would take home substantially less after taxes. The $750 million jackpot is one of the largest in the lottery’s history. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Key…

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