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A lottery player won the biggest jackpot in Missouri history on Sept. 6, thanks to a Powerball ticket sold at a QuikTrip in north St. Louis County. The winner will split a nearly $1.8 billion prize.
Two lucky tickets hit the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot in Saturday’s drawing, marking the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Two lucky ticket holders in Missouri and Texas won the massive $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot after Saturday's drawing, lottery officials announced Sunday.
“It was a record setting night for the Missouri Lottery, with the $893.5 million prize ranking as the highest jackpot prize won in Missouri to date,” said MO Lottery Executive Director Lester Elder. “It exceeds the previous record of $293.7 million from a Powerball drawing held in November 2012.”
Two winning lottery tickets sold in Gilman and Effingham generated $150,000 in earnings for a pair of lucky winners over the weekend. While two Powerball players from Missouri and Texas split the record setting $1.