No one hit Monday’s $81 million jackpot. The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $96 million, with a cash option valued at $41.2 million.
The winning numbers were: 3, 16, 33, 38 and 68. The Powerball drawn was 2 with a Power Play of 2X.
There was no grand prize winner on Monday, nor were there any tickets sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million.
Five tickets matched four white balls plus the Power ball for the $50,000 third prize, and 7 tickets that $100,000 prizes.
The total prize money of the smaller awards amounts to over $1.78 million.
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 Mon, Aug 24, 2026:
| Match | Winners | Prize | PowerPlay Winners | PowerPlay Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 81,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 0 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 2,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 5 | 50,000 USD | 7 | 100,000 USD |
| O O O O | 197 | 100 USD | 64 | 200 USD |
| O O O | O | 427 | 100 USD | 145 | 200 USD |
| O O O | 10,925 | 7 USD | 3,874 | 14 USD |
| O O | O | 8,300 | 7 USD | 2,803 | 14 USD |
| O | O | 65,009 | 4 USD | 22,194 | 8 USD |
| | O | 155,054 | 4 USD | 53,387 | 8 USD |
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338. The overall odds of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 24.87.
To play Powerball, you pick six numbers: five numbers between one and 69 for the white balls; and one number between one and 26 for the red Powerball. Selecting all of them correctly gets you the jackpot.
The next Powerball drawing will be Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 11 p.m. ET. Have you purchased your ticket yet?
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