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Wednesday's Powerball jackpot climbs to $643,000,000; 2 players matched the first 5 numbers
Updated: Monday, August 18, 2025 09:20 PM
The Powerball game jackpot has jumped up to a projected $643,000,000 (cash option $$290.6 million) for the next drawing in the multistate lottery game Wednesday night. The jackpot amount has been rolled over since nobody hit all five lotto numbers and the Powerball number to take the $605,000,000 grand prize Monday night. The winning numbers drawn Monday night, August 18th, 2025 were 15, 46, 61, 63, 64 with Power Ball number 01. No one won the Powerball grand prize in the past 34 draws since Monday, June 2nd, 2025. The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in CA, matched all six numbers for a $207,000,000 top prize.
Though the jackpot was not awarded Monday evening, Powerball did produce some big winners. There were 2 2nd prize winning tickets from Monday night's drawing, matching all 5 white ball numbers but not the Powerball number. The two second prize winning ticket(s) sold in AZ(1) and TX(1) will collect 1 million dollar cash.
Other major winners Monday night included 9 tickets that matched four white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. There were 3 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! In addition, 371 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $100. There were 104 tickets matched 4 white ball with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to a total win of $200 each! 944 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 283 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to win a total win of $200 each.
With 9 different prize levels, the Monday night's drawing generated 758,353 winning tickets across U.S. with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur every Wednesday and Saturday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Powerball game uses a 5/69+1/26 system to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Power Play option, which increases the winnings except jackpot. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The odds of matching 6 Powerball numbers are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Mon Aug 18, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $605,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
AZ-1
TX-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 371 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 944 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 24,306 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 19,607 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 153,809 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 392,902 |
| Mon Aug 18, 2025 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 | $150,000 | 3 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $300 | 104 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 283 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 6,858 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 5,411 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 42,287 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 111,457 |
| Mon Aug 18, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $605,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 68 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 180 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 4,574 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 3,629 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 28,311 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 71,309 |
| Mon Aug 18, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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