Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forward

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JackpotWanna — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:35:45 GMT

Smart cookie! Congrats

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Gambler4Life — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 02:23:45 GMT

No need to worry about that any longer. PB was won on Wednesday in North Carolina.

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winterhug — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:38:17 GMT

Yes, it seems like as these billion dollar jackpots become more frequent, people start to forget which state won the jackpot. This seems to be more true if an unusual state wins like Arkansas. A lot of naysayers are always griping when California wins a lot, not knowing that state, has more lottery vending machines in more places than any other state in the US.

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KY Floyd — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 04:46:50 GMT

For arguments sake let's say no one won pb last night .... and both jackpots rollover and over and over again ..... when would pb surpass mm on the road to a billion plus jackpot?

Based on the recent runs that got big it would probably take about 7 weeks for PB to get bigger than MM, if they're about 210 and 270 at the same time. PB was at 207 on 10/06/25 and 5 weeks later it was at 490. MM was 277 on 8/29 and 5 weeks later it was 520. After 6 weeks they were at 570 and 575. After 7 weeks P... [ More ]

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JustMaybe — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:02:36 GMT

I did - when I saw the story headline I was like what jackpot was that - totally forgot about that.

To be fair, I also don't remember how much I spent on that run

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CDanaT — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:49:10 GMT

Congrats to the winner. Enjoy your newly acquired wealth for many years to come. Kudos to the state of Arkansas for choosing to authorize anonymity.

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Kandiapple — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:43:44 GMT

Congratulations to the winner

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:00:31 GMT

Show of hands: Who besides me forgot all about this massive Arkansas win

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grwurston — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:48:07 GMT

Congrats to them!!

Let's hope they picked trustworthy advisors.

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Coin Toss — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:31:14 GMT

Or they just might become a member of Jackpot Winners Anonymous.

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ekem6078 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:11:37 GMT

Congratulations to the Lucky Winner . All States should let the winners remain anonymous.

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Think — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:54:23 GMT

Now the Arkansas winner can fix their roof and do some traveling

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ShagE3 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:59:53 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winner.

You know I've been thinking lately ..... in your estimation considering all factors: MM $5 .... Tues/Fri vs PB $2 to $3 .... Mon Wed Sat how much of a lead in jackpot would MM need for PB NOT to eventually match and surpass that jackpot and go on to a mega like Castro/Cal?

I know I am not making my thoughts clear so let me put it this way: last night PB was 209 mil ..... and Fridays MM is 266 mil. For arguments sake let's say no one won pb last night .... an... [ More ]

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JustMaybe — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:38:04 GMT

With $493.47 million, your pastures automatically become greener

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noise-gate — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:55:39 GMT

* it's possible that the winner will leave the State for greener pastures within a couple days or weeks.

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sully16 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:41:24 GMT

Congrats and enjoy.

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Dave Bowman — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:58:30 GMT

Now we know it was a Quick Pick - too bad they can only stay anonymous for three years - congrats

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forward

Lottery Post — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:54:07 GMT

Anonymous winner sought financial and legal advice before claiming lifechanging wealth

By Kate Northrop

The Arkansas Lottery announced today that the winner of the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their lifechanging prize.

The Arkansas lottery player who held the only winning ticket in the nation for a $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has officially been validated by the Arkansas Lottery as the true winner.

The winner opted to remain anonymous and chose to r... [ More ]