New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- Cabot Ticket Holder Claims Second-Biggest US Lottery Prize Ever, Igniting Dreams and Tax Nightmares Nationwide.

A single Powerball ticket purchased at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, Arkansas, matched all six winning numbers, 04, 25, 31, 52, 59, and Powerball 19, on Christmas Eve, claiming the second-largest lottery jackpot in American history at $1.817 billion. The drawing ended a Powerball $1.7B Jackpot 47-drawing drought that had ballooned over three months, drawing frenzied ticket sales nationwide. This windfall, the biggest of 2025 and surpassing all but one prior prize, arrives amid economic optimism as the US Economy Surges under President Trump's policies, yet promises a gauntlet of taxes and public scrut...