If they take the cash option, they would receive $834.9 million before taxes. From that, there will be a total federal tax of 37% or about $309 million, according to the USA Mega website. That would ...

It's Christmas Eve and millions of lottery players are hoping to win the ultimate gift: Powerball's $1.7B jackpot. The cash value of the Dec. 24's $1.7 billion jackpot, the fourth-largest in the ...

The newest Powerball jackpot headline number is staggering, but the life-changing figure that really matters is the amount that lands in the winner's bank account after taxes and payout choices. A $1.

The headline number on the latest Powerball jackpot is designed to dazzle, but the tax code quietly slices that figure into something far more ordinary. An advertised $875 million prize can shrink by ...

CABOT, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The headline jackpot rarely reflects what a lottery winner ultimately keeps. For the Dec. 24 Powerball drawing, the advertised jackpot was about $1.817 billion, but the ...

For the Dec. 24 Powerball drawing, the advertised jackpot was about $1.817 billion, but the actual take-home amount depends on whether the winner – a yet-to-be identified Arkansas resident – chooses ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The odds are steep, 292.2 million to one. Those are the chances of winning the jackpot of Powerball. But an estimated $1.7 billion jackpot can be pretty enticing to many people ...

A $2 million Powerball prize sold in Mobridge and a $500,000 prize sold in Sioux Falls are still waiting to be claimed….and ...

Most of us think about resolutions and setting future goals or plans for the New Year, but for a lucky few, they can bin their plans and start 2026 with a bang. On January 1, 2026, America created 10 ...