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Powerball jackpot jumps to $482,000,000 Saturday night; Four tickets won the second prize
Updated: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 09:40 PM
The MUSL lottery official announced that the Wednesday, August 6th, 2025, POWERBALL's drawing resulted in a carry over, generating a $482,000,000 jackpot for the next drawing Saturday. The cash option stands at an estimated $$218.9 million up for grab. The winning numbers from Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 drawing were 15, 27, 43, 45, 53 with Power Ball 09. The Powerball jackpot has been growing for 29 draws since Monday, June 2nd, 2025. The last jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in CA, matched all six numbers for a $207,000,000 top prize.
Although the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, some players still walked away with huge pile of cash. There were four 2nd prize winning tickets from Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, matching all five white ball numbers but not the Powerball number. The 4 second prize winning ticket(s) bought in CA(1), NJ(1), NY(1) and OH(1) will collect $1,000,000 cash.
Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 10 tickets that matched four white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. There were 2 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Additional prizes won Wednesday night included 321 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $100. 100 additional tickets of this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash! 813 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 225 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to win a total win of $200 each.
With nine different ways to win, the Wednesday night's drawing produced 612,422 winning tickets nationwide with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Power Play option, which multiplies the original prizes but not grand prize. The odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The chances of winning Powerball grand prize are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball advertised grand prize is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments. Winners may choose one lump sum cash payout instead.
| Wed Aug 06, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $449,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 4
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NJ-1
NY-1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 10 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 321 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 813 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 18,650 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 16,845 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 125,741 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 306,596 |
| Wed Aug 06, 2025 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 | 2 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 100 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 225 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 5,435 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 5,009 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 38,419 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 94,252 |
| Wed Aug 06, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $449,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 59 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 155 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 3,412 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 3,131 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 22,944 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 55,284 |
| Wed Aug 06, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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