The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $154 million for the Wednesday, May 27, 2026 drawing, with a cash option of $67.7 million. For players checking lottery results today, that meant another shot at a prize that has stayed out of reach since early May.
The jackpot was last won on May 2, when players in Florida and Texas split a $20 million prize. Before that, lottery players in Kansas and Indiana shared a $143.4 million jackpot, a run of draws that kept the game in the spotlight as the top prize moved from one state to another.
Powerball is played in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and tickets cost $2. Players pick five numbers from 1 to 69 and one Powerball number from 1 to 26. A ticket bought with Power Play costs $1 more and can boost most non-jackpot prizes up to five times, with a 10x option available when the jackpot is below $150 million.
The timing mattered because the drawing landed in the middle of Powerball’s three-night schedule, with games held Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. Monday drawings were added in 2021, and the purchase deadline in New Jersey is 9:59 p.m. on drawing day, while New York buyers have until 10 p.m.
That steady schedule sits against a bigger contrast in the national lottery market: Mega Millions was also offering a major prize, with a $331 million jackpot and a $145.2 million cash option. The split outcomes in the last two Powerball drawings showed how quickly one ticket can change the size of the jackpot, yet no one has matched all six numbers since the May 2 win.
The numbers for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing were not included in the available details, leaving the jackpot amount as the main story for now. The next drawing will come on the game’s regular Monday, Wednesday and Saturday cycle, and that is where the unanswered part of this round of lottery results today will be settled.
