{
  "id": 875147,
  "title": "Believe it or not: One ticket just won a staggering $1.04 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/believe-it-or-not-one-ticket-just-won-a-staggering-1-04-billion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T11:59:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/believe-it-or-not-one-ticket-just-won-a-staggering-104-billion-1.500641010"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: A single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois has won a $1.04 billion jackpot, ending a run of 44 consecutive drawings without a grand-prize winner and delivering the game’s biggest payout of 2026 so far. The winning ticket was bought at a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh store in Quincy, western Illinois, according to lottery officials. The holder matched all six numbers in the 12 August drawing: 4, 26,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}