Wednesday’s prize ranks as the seventh largest US lottery jackpot and third largest Powerball jackpot, behind the world record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won last year in California, and the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won in 2016, according to the lottery. If a lucky winner scores the grand prize, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $516.8 million, both before taxes, according to Powerball. The numbers are 7, 13, 10, 24, 11 and the Powerball is 24. The winning numbers for Wednesday’s colossal $1 billion Powerball jackpot – the third largest jackpot prize in the game’s history – have been drawn.
