No tickets matched the Powerball winning numbers Wednesday night, sending the lottery’s estimated Saturday jackpot to $526 million.
Wednesday’s winning numbers were 2, 7, 18, 29, and 38, and red Powerball 16, the Power Play option was 2X.
There was no overall winner in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, however there was 1 Match 5 + Power Play winner of $2 million in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing.
16 tickets matched four white balls plus the Power ball for the $50,000 third prize, and 5 players got $100,000 (Power Player 2X).
More than 540,600 tickets won cash prizes totaling $5.07 million in Wednesday’s drawing.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Powerball combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Power Play” on Wed, Jul 15, 2026:
| Match | Winners | Prize | PowerPlay Winners | PowerPlay Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 498,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 0 | 1,000,000 USD | 1 | 2,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 16 | 50,000 USD | 5 | 100,000 USD |
| O O O O | 380 | 100 USD | 119 | 200 USD |
| O O O | O | 911 | 100 USD | 230 | 200 USD |
| O O O | 23,718 | 7 USD | 8,155 | 14 USD |
| O O | O | 15,720 | 7 USD | 5,098 | 14 USD |
| O | O | 112,604 | 4 USD | 34,976 | 8 USD |
| | O | 258,933 | 4 USD | 79,718 | 8 USD |
Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington D.C, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of a ticket hitting the jackpot are 292,201,338 to 1. Players have roughly a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to win at least $1 million.
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The estimated Powerball jackpot for next Saturday, July 18, 2026, will be $526 million. Get your tickets to wish you a miracle!
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