There were two big winners in Saturday evening’s Powerball lottery — the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, with a $1.8 billion grand prize.

The winning tickets were sold in Missouri and Texas.

The cash value of the winning tickets was not immediately clear, nor the tax amounts that would be deducted in each state.

Lottery officials raised the estimate Friday morning from $1.7 billion after reviewing national ticket sales.

This marks the first drawing with a grand prize winner since May 31, when a ticket worth $207 million was sold at a convenience store in Arleta. Until Saturday evening, that run produced 101 other winning tickets worth $1 million or more and more than 1,000 tickets worth $50,000 or more, according to Powerball officials.

There were also a pair of $2 mil

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