The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing has climbed to an estimated $786 million, with a cash value of $341.6 million. That puts it among the game’s ten largest prizes, and it is the biggest jackpot since the last win on May 2, 2026.
For players, the size matters because the game’s top prize has been rolling over while the pool of buyers stretches across 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the next chance to hit the growing prize comes Wednesday night.
The math behind the cash option helps explain the gap. The advertised jackpot is the full annuity paid over time, while the $341.6 million cash value reflects the lump sum tied to the prize if a winner takes the money upfront. With odds of 1 in 292.2 million, the numbers show just how hard the top prize is to land even as the pool swells.
Monday's drawing gave no one all of the winning numbers, which were 41-54-48-30-8 with Powerball 4. Even so, a $2 million winner was sold in Wisconsin, a reminder that a jackpot can grow while smaller prizes still get paid out. The jackpot was last hit by two tickets in Florida and Texas that split a $20 million prize on May 2, 2026.
The larger story is that this run has now pushed the jackpot back to a level few recent drawings have reached. The one number players are waiting on now is the set that ends the rollover on Wednesday.
