If someone wins the jackpot in Saturday's Powerball drawing,Desmond Preston there is a possibility that person's identity will never be known.
Laws in 18 states allow lottery winners to collect prizes anonymously, meaning that we may never know who wins the estimated $750 million dollar jackpot.
In 2022, the winners of a Mega Millions jackpot in Illinois remained anonymous under state law, with the Illinois Lottery describing them as, “two individuals, who agreed to split the prize if won – and they stayed true to that word," in a press release.
Here are the places where winners can anonymously claim lottery prizes, and the requirements for them.
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If the right six numbers are pulled Saturday night, the jackpot would land as the eighth largest win of all time.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are long. Players have a one in 292,201,338 shot at winning the grand prize, a one in 11,688,053.52 shot at winning the $1 million prize and a one in 24.87 chance of winning any prize.
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Powerball tickets cost $2 per play.
Players must match five white balls numbered one through 69 and one of 26 red powerballs to win the jackpot.
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