"Christmas came early for someone who purchased a Powerball ticket at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, worth more than $1.8 billion. The lone winner in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball to capture the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, ending the game's three-month stretch without a top prize winner. Here are some things to know about the Powerball jackpot and what happens next."
"The winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, a suburb northeast of Little Rock with a population of about 27,000 people. A telephone message left at the store on Friday was not returned, but a spokesperson for the company, Alejandra Barron, said in an email their stores were particularly busy on Christmas Eve with shoppers purchasing Powerball tickets."
A single Powerball ticket sold at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, Arkansas matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win more than $1.8 billion. The prize is the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history and ends a three-month span without a top prize winner. The Murphy USA store experienced particularly high traffic on Christmas Eve as shoppers purchased tickets. Cabot's mayor reported widespread local conversation and noted the winner could be from out of town given the store's proximity to an interstate. Arkansas winners have 180 days to claim prizes and can request anonymity for prizes over $500,000.
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