A Powerball player there holds the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing for the game's $1.817 billion jackpot. The winner, who so far hasn't gone public, can choose between an annuitized prize of $1.817 billion or a lump sump payment of $834.9 million (both prize options are before taxes).

Lottery officials say the winning ticket matched four out of five numbers and the Powerball in Wednesday night’s drawing.

Check your tickets: It may not have been the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, but someone in Illinois is waking up $1 million richer after matching five numbers in Monday's drawing. The prize is among nine $1 million winners, with million-dollar tickets also sold in New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Double-check those Powerball tickets because the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Cabot, Arkansas remains unclaimed!

A Publix supermarket in Naples sold a winning Florida Lotto ticket in the Jan. 7 drawing. The Double Play prize is worth $250,000.