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Powerball jackpot jumps to $100,000,000; One second prize ticket sold
Updated: Sunday, May 17, 2026 01:29 AM
Saturday night's Powerball drawing has yielded no grand prize winner for the $86,000,000 grand prize. With nobody matched all 5 white ball numbers and the Powerball number in Powerball , Monday night's drawing will be worth a projected $100,000,000 for a single winner. The cash option stands at an estimated $$43.9 million up for grab. The numbers from Saturday, May 16th, 2026 drawing were 08-37-40-44-65 with Power Ball 18. No one won the Powerball grand prize in the past 6 draws since Monday, May 4th, 2026. Two lucky players from FL and TX won the jackpot in Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 drawing and shared 20,000,000.
Although the jackpot was not hit Saturday evening, some people still walked away with huge prizes. There was a single lucky ticket matched the first five numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the 2nd prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in GA won $1,000,000 cash.
Also, 5 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. 3 additional players not just matched 4+1, but additionally chose the Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! In addition, 190 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $100. There were 73 tickets matched 4 white ball with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to a total win of $200 each! Additional prizes won Saturday night included 600 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Powerball and won $100. 166 additional tickets at this prize level were also purchased with the Power Play option that doubled winnings to $200 cash.
There were 35,141 Powewrball winning tickets sold in the state of New York. A ticket sold in New York matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Powerball. The lucky ticket holder will collect $10,000 cash. 76 tickets were sold in the state of New York which matched either 4 or 3+1 numbers. The lucky ticket holders will receive $100 each. There were 13 lucky New York players won $200 prize by matching 4 or 3+1 numbers with Power Play purchased.
With 9 prize levels, the Saturday night's drawing created 451,313 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. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Powerball lottery uses a 5/69+1/26 system from which winning numbers are chosen. The overall odds of winning is about 1 to 32. The odds of winning Powerball jackpot are 1 to 292,201,338. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments in 29 years. Winners can choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Sat May 16, 2026 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $86,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1
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| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 190 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 600 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 13,604 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 11,300 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 88,952 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 220,783 |
| Sat May 16, 2026 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 | 73 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 166 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 4,588 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 3,847 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 30,665 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 76,536 |
| Sat May 16, 2026 Powerball Payout of New York(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $86,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 15 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 61 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,248 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,029 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 7,765 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 19,313 |
| Sat May 16, 2026 Powerball Payout of New York(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 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $300 | 2 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $300 | 11 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $21 | 232 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $21 | 191 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $12 | 1,548 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $12 | 3,725 |
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