It's been a great month for lottery jackpots : More than two weeks after the historic $1.787 billion Powerball win, lottery fever is still spiking .
In the $1.79 billion Powerball drawing for Saturday, Sept. 6 , a pair of tickets purchased in Texas and Missouri, both matched all five numbers plus the Powerball and will split the jackpot. Earlier this week, the Missouri Powerball player came forward. The Missouri Lottery said the winner elected to stay anonymous and opted for the one-time lump sum of $410 million before taxes.
The jackpot has since rolled over seven times after resetting to $20 million on Sept. 8 and now sits at $127 million with a cash option of $59 million for Wednesday, Sept. 24, Powerball drawing. No one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the