An electronic sign reads $1.8 billion as crowds wait in line to buy lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Winning $893.5 million lottery ticket was bought at St. Louis gas station
One of two unnamed lottery winners bought a ticket worth $893.5 million from a QuikTrip gas station in north St. Louis County, Missouri, lottery officials announced Monday.
An electronic sign reads $1.8 billion as crowds wait in line to buy lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
One of two unnamed lottery winners bought a ticket worth $893.5 million from a QuikTrip gas station in north St. Louis County, Missouri, lottery officials announced Monday.
The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62 with a Powerball number of 17.
The Missouri ticket holder was on Saturday who split a $1.787 billion jackpot. The other bought a ticket from a convenience store and gas station in Fredericksburg, Texas.
The prize was the in history, followed 41 consecutive drawings in which all six numbers. The last drawing with a jackpot winner happened May 31.
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Each ticket holder will have the choice between an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million. Both prize options are before taxes.
The historic award dwarfs the previous Missouri Powerball record, set in 2012, of $293.7 million, according to the state commission website.
Neither winner has been identified publicly — and that may never change.
Lawmakers in many states have to protect winners from being targeted by criminals and unscrupulous people asking for money. Texas and Missouri lawmakers both passed laws that went into effect in 2018 and 2021 respectively that allow winners to remain anonymous. In Texas, anonymity is only allowed for prizes over $1 million.
