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Big Powerball jackpot up for grabs Saturday night
Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2026 01:19 AM
Nobody hit all the Powerball 5 lotto numbers plus the Powerball number for Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 (that includes you) and the $786,000,000 grand prize will keep growing bigger. No worries. That just gives us all a chance to win an even larger Powerball lottery top prize when the next drawing happens on Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. By then the projected grand prize will increase to $856,000,000. The cash value will be $$372 million. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night, August 5th, 2026 were 14-20-59-60-61 with Power Ball number 25. No one won the Powerball jackpot in the past 41 draws since Monday, May 4th, 2026. 2 lucky winners from FL and TX won the jackpot in Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 drawing and split 20,000,000.
Although there was no grand prize winner Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with huge prizes. There was a single lucky player that correctly matched the first 5 lotto numbers and won the second prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in OH won $1 million cash.
In addition, 20 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. 3 additional tickets at this prize level were also wisely bought with the Power Play option that multiplied winnings 4 times to $40,000 cash! Additional winners Wednesday night included 582 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $100. 156 additional players not just matched 4 white ball, but in addition chose the Power Play option, double the prizes to a total win of $200 each! 1416 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 374 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to win a total win of $200 each.
There were 86,268 Powewrball winning tickets sold in the state of New York. A single ticket sold in New York matched 4 white ball numbers as well as the Powerball with Power Play option purchased. The lucky ticket holder will receive $40,000. 166 tickets were sold in the state of New York which matched either 4 or 3+1 numbers. The lucky ticket holders will receive $100 each. There were 15 lucky New York winners won $200 prize by matching 4 or 3+1 numbers with Power Play purchased.
With 9 different prize tiers, there were a total of 1,126,985 tickets nationwide won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 drawing.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. offered in 44 member states as a shared jackpot game. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The chances of winning Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball grand prize starts at $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments in 29 years. Winners can 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 New York(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $786,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 51 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 115 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 2,925 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 2,413 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 19,686 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 48,495 |
| Wed Aug 05, 2026 Powerball Payout of New York(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 | 1 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 3 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 12 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 506 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 402 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 3,334 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 8,325 |
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Next Draw: Sat Aug 8, 2026
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Change: +$70,000,000
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