The jackpot is now estimated to be $565 million, with a cash value of $258.8 million. The next Powerball drawing will take place on Saturday, Aug. 16, according to Powerball.com. Although no tickets sold before the Wednesday drawing matched the numbers drawn to claim the $526 million jackpot, there were $1 million prize winners in three states.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $565 million, with the next drawing set for Saturday night. It’s far from the record jackpot territory of $2 billion, though it’s still among the higher lottery prize amounts to date.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is continuing its steady climb upward, sitting at $565 million for the drawing on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Despite the impressive number, it still doesn’t crack the top 10 for largest Powerball jackpots in history. The largest was a $2.04 billion prize won in California in November 2022.

The largest jackpot ever won in the commonwealth was claimed by an anonymous winner in late July. The winner arrived at the Virginia Lottery official headquarters in Richmond, with the ticket in hand,

A jackpot-winning Jersey Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $436,763 was sold in Burlington County for Thursday night’s drawing. The winning ticket was sold at Horsetrack Gas on Federal Street in Burlington, lottery officials said. Thursday’s winning numbers were: 8, 15, 23, 34 and 37. The Bullseye was 15 and the XTRA was X2.

The Powerball jackpot was last won May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million grand prize. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338. Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

A lottery player relied on her “unique strategy” — and it led to a huge jackpot win. The woman, who splits her time between Florida and North Carolina, “talks to her phone” when she buys lottery tickets online.

A lucky gambler walked away from a Florida casino with a big jackpot prize. The player sat at a Buffalo Link slot machine at the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, the casino said in an Aug. 14 Facebook post. The visitor bet $25, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen.