The lucky lottery player who won the big $1.817 billion Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve has claimed their prize nearly a month later. On Thursday, Jan. 22, Powerball announced that the winner stepped forward to claim their prize. The lottery player chose to remain anonymous.

The winner chose to remain anonymous, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery said, and sought legal and financial advice before coming forward.

The winner of a $1.8 billion Powerball prize has claimed the money, the Arkansas Lottery said Thursday, but will remain anonymous. The winner chose to take the money in a lump-sum pre-tax amount of $834.9 million, the lottery said in a statement.

The New Jersey Lottery is celebrating big wins: a million from East Orange and another $250,000 in Delran, showing that luck is in the air this January.

A lottery player in Halifax County won Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot of $209.3 million, N.C. Education Lottery officials announced on Thursday.

Lottery officials confirm the $209.3 million Powerball jackpot has been won with a ticket purchased in Roanoke Rapids.