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The Mustangs broke their losing streak last night with an 8-6 win over Asheboro. The win improves Martinsville’s record to 5-13 on the season, 6.5 games out of first, but still in last place in the CPL’s West Division. The Mustangs play at home tonight against Asheboro.
A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing, winning an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, according to the lottery organization.
The winning numbers were 4, 26, 66, 67, 69 and red Powerball 9.
It’s the largest Powerball jackpot so far this year, and the eight-largest Powerball jackpot in the game’s history.
The winner can top for the annuitized prize paid out over 29 years or a lump cash payment of $450.5 million. Both prizes are before taxes.
Wednesday’s drawing was the 44th consecutive drawing since the last jackpot win on May 2.
Last year, there were two Powerball jackpots that hit more than $1 billion, including $1.8 billion jackpot won on Christmas Eve that was the biggest U.S. lottery prize ever.
A $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot won in September 2025 by two tickets in Missouri and Texas was the third-largest prize in U.S. lottery history.
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