Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery numbers: The estimated Powerball jackpot is $45 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $20.7 million.

A Powerball player there holds the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing for the game's $1.817 billion jackpot. The winner, who so far hasn't gone public, can choose between an annuitized prize of $1.817 billion or a lump sump payment of $834.9 million (both prize options are before taxes).

Fortune proved elusive in tonight's Powerball Draw 1546 as no ticket matched all the winning numbers. The Division One prize

For the 43rd time in a row, there's no Powerball jackpot winner. It's now the sixth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history. It's the second time the Powerball jackpot has reached $1 billion this year. The last time the jackpot approached these ...