A lottery player won the biggest jackpot in Missouri history on Sept. 6, thanks to a Powerball ticket sold at a QuikTrip in north St. Louis County. The winner will split a nearly $1.8 billion prize.

One of two winners of the second-biggest jackpot in Powerball history bought the lucky ticket at a QuikTrip gas station on Lusher Road in Spanish Lake, in north St. Louis County.

The local winner will split a $1.787 billion jackpot with someone who bought a winning ticket in Texas, though they'll have to wait a while to get the full amount. Each winner will choose between $893.5 million delivered over 30 annual payments, or an immediate lump sum of $410.3 million.

Either total dwarfs the previous record for Powerball drawings in Missouri – $293.7 million, which a lottery player won in Novemb

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