WASHINGTON — Two tickets, one in Missouri and the other in Texas, have won the second-largest prize in Powerball history, and will split the $1.787 billion prize.
But we may never know who those tickets belong to.
They were bought in two of the states that grant anonymity to lottery winners, meaning it's likely the winners won't reveal their names.
Missouri allows any lottery winner to stay anonymous, while Texas allows winners to stay anonymous if they win over $1 million.
The winners in Missouri and Texas could also choose to take part of the cash payout, valued at approximately $826.4 million.
Either way, their prize is the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The only prize larger was the $2.04 billion jackpot won in November 2022.
The jackpot for Saturday's drawing wa