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Powerball jackpot rises to $856,000,000 Saturday, August 8th, 2026; 1 second prize ticket sold
Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 09:20 PM
Wednesday night's Powerball game drawing has yielded no grand prize winner for the $786,000,000 grand prize. With nobody matched all 6 winning numbers in Powerball , Saturday night's drawing is going to be worth a projected $856,000,000 for a single winner. The cash value stands at $$372 million up for grab. The numbers drawn Wednesday night, August 5th, 2026 were 14-20-59-60-61 with Power Ball number 25. Nobody won the Powerball grand prize in the past 41 draws since Monday, May 4th, 2026.
Even though the jackpot was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball did produce some big winners. There was only one ticket that correctly matched all five lotto numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) purchased in OH, each won 1 million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 20 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Powerball and won $10,000. 3 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 4 times to $40,000 cash! Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 582 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 156 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely purchased with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! Other prizes won Wednesday night included 1416 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Powerball and won $100. 374 additional tickets at this prize level were also bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash.
With 9 different prize tiers, the Wednesday night's drawing produced 1,126,985 winning tickets nationwide with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. To play, select 5 numbers from a set of 69 and pick one Powerball number from a set of 26. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The chances of matching all six Powerball numbers are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot starts at $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments in 29 years. Winners may select one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Aug 05, 2026 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $786,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 20 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 582 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 1,416 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 35,814 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 29,810 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 235,544 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 579,535 |
| Wed Aug 05, 2026 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 156 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 374 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 9,813 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 8,038 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 65,005 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 160,874 |
| Wed Aug 05, 2026 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $786,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $536,458 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $36,741 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $363 | 0 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $187 | 204 | | 3 of 5 | $8 | 5,246 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $9 | 4,367 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $5 | 34,180 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 83,948 |
| Wed Aug 05, 2026 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Sat Aug 8, 2026
$856,000,000
Change: +$70,000,000 |
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