Powerball jackpot soars to $748 million for Monday's drawing
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Monday’s Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated three quarters of a billion dollars after no one hit the big prize Saturday, making it the largest jackpot so far this year.
The last Powerball jackpot was won on May 2, when ticket holders in Florida and Texas split a $20 million prize.
Powerball numbers for Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026
By the numbers: The Powerball numbers for Saturday’s drawing are 6, 17, 27, 48, 50, and red ball 5. The Power play was 3x.
Local perspective: No one took home the jackpot, but one ticket in Virginia won $2 million by matching five balls plus power play, and five tickets won $1 million by matching five numbers. Three of those tickets were sold in California, and the others were sold in Maryland and Texas.
FILE: Powerball lottery ticket forms at Bluebird Liquor on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 in Hawthorne, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
What’s the Powerball jackpot for Monday, Aug. 3, 2026?
According to Powerball, the next jackpot is an estimated $748 million, with a cash prize of $325.1 million.
How do you play Powerball?
How It Works:
Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and now the U.K. In the game, players choose five white-ball numbers from 1 to 69 and one red Powerball number from 1 to 26.
Drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Lottery officials say those odds won’t change with recent added sales in the U.K.
Powerball tickets cost $2.
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Biggest Powerball jackpots
The backstory:
The largest Powerball payout was just over $2 billion from a ticket bought in 2022 in California.
According to Powerball, these are the 10 biggest Powerball jackpots ever:
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 - CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 - OR
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $1 Billion – Aug. 30, 2025
- $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – MI
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA
The Source: This article includes information from Powerball and previous FOX Local reporting.