Powerball players in Missouri and Texas have won the nearly $US1.8 billion ($A2.7 billion) jackpot, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game's three-month drought without a big winner.

The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17.

The winning ticket in Texas was sold at a petrol station-convenience store in Fredericksburg, according to the Texas Lottery.

The $US1.787 billion prize, which was the second-largest US lottery jackpot in history, followed 41 consecutive drawings in which no one matched all six numbers.

The last drawing with a jackpot winner happened on May 31.

Powerball's terrible odds of one in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes growing as they roll over when no one wins.

Lottery officials no

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