2026年8月12日 美国东部时间上午10:24 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：马克·奥斯本
周三的强力球头奖奖池已突破10亿美元大关。
此次奖池在周一开奖无人中奖后达到这一金额，是强力球历史上第八高的头奖奖金。这也是美国彩票历史上第15次出现10亿美元级别的奖池。
一次性现金奖的金额为4.331亿美元。无论是分30年领取的10亿美元年金还是一次性现金奖，均为税前金额。
这也是2026年迄今最高的头奖奖金。上一次出现十亿美元级别头奖还是在去年12月，当时阿肯色州的一张独中奖彩票斩获18.2亿美元，是彩票历史上第二高的头奖奖金。
自5月2日佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州售出的彩票平分2000万美元头奖以来，周三的开奖已是第44次无人中得强力球头奖。
强力球产品集团主席、堪萨斯州彩票执行总监斯蒂芬·达雷尔在一份声明中表示：“此次奖池的增长反映出玩家们极高的参与热情。周一晚开奖的彩票销量超出预期，与上周一的开奖相比增长了86%以上。我们还注意到，英国的新玩家以及美国国内数百万随着奖池突破10亿美元大关而参与购彩的民众，参与度都持续走高。”
此次开奖将是首次可能有英国玩家中奖的强力球开奖——英国已于7月底开始销售该彩票。目前全美共有45个州、美属维尔京群岛以及华盛顿特区可以购买强力球彩票。
周一开奖虽然没有产生头奖得主，但田纳西州有一位彩民赢得了200万美元奖金，加利福尼亚州和马里兰州各有一位彩民中得100万美元，另有14位彩民各赢得15万美元奖金。
你中得头奖的概率仅为29220万分之一。开奖时间为美国东部时间当晚10:59。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/powerball-jackpot-grows-to-1-billion-the-biggest-lottery-prize-of-the-year-so-far/
$1 billion Powerball jackpot on the line in tonight’s drawing. Here’s what to know.
August 12, 2026 10:24 AM EDT / CBS News
By Mark Osborne
The Powerball jackpot drawing on Wednesday has crossed the $1 billion mark.
The jackpot, which reached the sum after no one won in Monday’s drawing, is the eighth-largest Powerball prize of all time. This is the 15th time a $1 billion prize level has been reached in U.S. lottery history.
The cash value for a lump sum payment is $433.1 million. Both the $1 billion over 30 annuity payments and the lump sum total are before taxes.
This is the biggest jackpot of 2026, as well. The last winner of a billion-dollar jackpot was in December last year, when a single ticket in Arkansas won $1.82 billion, the second-largest jackpot in lotto history.
Wednesday’s drawing will be the 44th since a Powerball jackpot was won on May 2, when tickets purchased in Florida and Texas split a $20 million prize.
“The growth of this jackpot reflects an extraordinary level of player interest,” Stephen Durrell, Powerball Product Group chair and Kansas Lottery executive director, said in a statement. “Ticket sales for Monday night’s drawing exceeded expectations and increased more than 86% compared to the previous Monday drawing. We’re also continuing to see strong participation from both new players in the United Kingdom and millions of Americans who join in as the jackpot reaches the $1 billion mark.”
This drawing will be the first to possibly have a winner from the U.K., which began selling tickets in late July. The game can be played in 45 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C.
While there were no big winners in Monday’s drawing, someone in Tennessee won $2 million, and there were $1 million winners in California and Maryland. Fourteen people won $150,000.
Your chances of winning the big jackpot are just 1 in 292.2 million. The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. ET.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/powerball-jackpot-grows-to-1-billion-the-biggest-lottery-prize-of-the-year-so-far/
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