The Powerball jackpot has soared to $495million - the eighth highest amount in history - after no one won the grand prize of $448million Wednesday evening.

If there's a winner in Wednesday night's drawing, the IRS will get tens of millions of dollars right off the bat.

The Powerball jackpot on Saturday night was worth $414 million with a cash option of $247.9 million.

It's the biggest Powerball jackpot so far this year.

The drawing is set for 10:59 p.m. EST Saturday.

Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday night was worth $40 million.

The state of South Carolina will also collect $61 million in income taxes from the winner

The winner of the largest ever US jackpot let someone cut in front of them before buying the ticket.

Lottery officials on Monday announced that a South Carolina resident had stepped forward to claim the $1.5-billion US Mega Millions jackpot from last October — the largest jackpot payout to a single winner in U.S. history — but elected to remain anonymous.

The $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot was finally claimed in South Carolina Business Insider $1.5 billion lottery winner in S.C. who claims prize weeks short of deadline gave up spot in line before buyin New York Daily News Winner of $1.5B Mega Millions, rec…

The anonymous sole winner of a $1.5 billion U.S. Mega Millions drawing last fall has come forward to claim the jackpot, choosing to collect a record one-time cash sum of more than $877 million, South Carolina's lottery commission said on Monday.

The $1.5B Mega Millions jackpot winner chose to get paid in a lump sum. Here's a breakdown of why that makes sense.

Powerball's jackpot on Saturday was worth $348 million with a cash option of $211.9 million.

If you manage to beat the odds and hit the jackpot in either game, you can expect to pay tens of millions of dollars in taxes right off the bat.

A South Australian father has been revealed to be the lucky winner of the $40million Powerball jackpot on Thursday with winning numbers s 7, 5, 13, 4, 2, 14, 11, and Powerball number 14.

The Division One prize was finally claimed by one lucky Australian after five straight draws failed to find a winner - meaning the prize pool had snowballed for Thursday's draw.

If you hit the jackpot, you can expect to pay 37 percent of your income to the IRS, along with typically ponying up for state taxes.

The person who bought the winning $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot ticket from the KC Mart in Simpsonville, South Carolina in October has two months left to claim the prize.

Ticket was sold at KC Mart in Simpsonville Winner of second-biggest prize ever has until 19 April A $1.5bn Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest lottery prize in US history, has not been claimed, four months after the winning ticket was drawn. Related: We…

Unclaimed $1.5B jackpot mystery: Winner died? Ticket lost? Associated Press SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Nearly everyone in this small South Carolina town has a theory for the city's billion-dollar mystery: Who won the $1.5 billion Mega... View full coverage on …

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Nearly everyone in this small South Carolina town has a theory for the city's billion-dollar mystery: Who won the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot announced last October?

The recent Powerball jackpot was worth $260 million.

Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot is worth $242 million.

Watch the Powerball results come in live online here.

Saturday's Powerball drawing was worth $224 million.

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