Here are the tax bills that winners of these jackpots would face.
If you verify your old ticket and uncover you've won a prize in a previous Powerball draw, you have between 90 and 365 days to claim your winnings, based on exactly where you purchased the ticket .
Federal earnings taxes will be withheld from POWERBALL prizes as necessary by the Internal Revenue Code at the time payments are created.
The 12 tickets worth $1 million have been sold in Arizona, California, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, 3 in Florida and two in New York.
The winning numbers in the Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 drawing were white balls six, 14, 25, 33, and 46.