The Powerball numbers are in, but one big question remains: Did anyone win the estimated $119 million jackpot?

Most Powerball winners pick their payout option for emotional reasons and discover the tax consequences the following April. The two paths to the same jackpot produce very different IRS bills, and the math rewards exactly one type of winner.

Thousands of tickets sold in Texas were worth some money...just not very much!

One ticket sold in the state matched all six numbers Wednesday, Aug. 12, sending one lucky player home with one of the lottery's largest prizes.

A Hopkinsville Circle K sold a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket, but two other Kentucky prizes remain unclaimed. Find out more.

The ticket that won the jackpot Wednesday night was purchased at a Hy-Vee station in Quincy, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of the state capital of Springfield along the Missouri border, Illinois Lottery officials said. The winning numbers were 4-26-66-67-69 with the Powerball number of 9.

Someone in Maine just won $100,000 in the Powerball. No one in the country won more than that in Wednesday's drawing. Maine has had several big winners this month.

The 65-year-old woman was so shocked she said she had to be walked to her car by the store clerk.