September 15, 2025

Powerball Winners Claim Share of $1.787 Billion Jackpot

Fredericksburg, Texas, September 15, 2025

News Summary

Two winning tickets matched all five numbers plus Powerball, leading to a shared jackpot of $1.787 billion. One ticket was purchased in Fredericksburg, Texas, and the other in St. Louis, Missouri. Winners face choices between a significant annuity or a lump-sum payout. The Texas store is also eligible for a retailer bonus amidst local hopes that the winner is a community member in need.

Fredericksburg, Texas – Two tickets matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Powerball drawing held on September 6, 2025, leading to a split of a staggering $1.787 billion jackpot, the second-largest in U.S. history. Winning numbers for this drawing included 11, 23, 44, 61, 62, with the Powerball being 17.

One of the winning tickets was purchased at Big’s 103 gas station and convenience store in Fredericksburg, Texas, while the other was sold at a QuikTrip gas station and convenience store in St. Louis, Missouri. The winners have two options to claim their share of the massive prize: an annuity payment spread over 30 years amounting to $893.5 million, or a lump-sum payment totaling $410.3 million.

Winners must claim their prizes in person at their respective state lottery headquarters by March 5, 2025. After nearly a week of silence, neither winner has stepped forward, as the verification process for lottery winners may take between several weeks to a month. Players have up to 180 days (or six months) from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes, a rule common in lottery regulations across the United States.

Lottery officials confirmed that the Texas store where the first winning ticket was sold is eligible for a retailer bonus of $250,000. The amount of the bonus for the Missouri retailer is yet to be disclosed. The drawing marked a significant event as it ended a jackpot drought that had persisted since May 31, 2025, and occurred after no winning tickets were sold since a previous jackpot of $1.4 billion. This is the first occasion that Missouri has made the “billion-dollar lottery prize winners” list.

Prior to this drawing, the jackpot had reset to $20 million after previous rollovers. The only lottery prize larger than this recent jackpot was the record-setting $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California on November 7, 2022. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot stand at 1 in 292.2 million.

Local sentiments in Fredericksburg reflect a hopeful desire that the winner might be someone in need, especially in light of recent flooding in Kerrville, Texas, where the community faces ongoing recovery efforts. The manager of the Texas store expressed their hope that a resident of the local area hit the jackpot.

It should be noted that the Texas Lottery emphasizes how lottery ticket sales support various good causes in local communities. This record-breaking jackpot marks the 13th instance in which a lottery jackpot crossed the billion-dollar threshold in the United States, showcasing the growing allure and impact of such lottery events.

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