14th-largest US lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
After a record 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
After nobody won Saturday's $528.8 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $545 million for Monday's drawing — the 14th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time.
But since most winners choose the lump-sum cash option, the $392.1 million cash value of Monday's Powerball jackpot is what might get people buying a few extra tickets. It's the 9th-largest cash value of any jackpot in US lottery history.
The complete top-25 list of United States lottery jackpot annuity and cash values can be found below.
Players looking to calculate what they would receive after the initial federal and state tax withholdings, as well as the final tax bill, can find it all pre-calculated for each Powerball jurisdiction on the Jackpot Analysis page at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lottery games.
Monday's mega boatload of cash is the result of an unprecedented 37 consecutive draws without a winner. The run-up started as a $20 million prize on June 9 — it has been almost 4 months since Powerball last had a winner.
The next-highest number of rollovers was for the $731.1 million jackpot won on Jan. 20, 2021, when it took 35 rollovers to produce a winner. That jackpot was claimed in May by an anonymous group of players dubbed "The Power Pack".
Players looking for a nearby lottery retailer to buy tickets for the upcoming drawing — or an out-of-the-way retailer with a smaller line — are encouraged to use Lottery Places, the only app for iOS, Android, and Windows that can locate the nearest lottery retailers in every jurisdiction that sells Powerball and Mega Millions. The helpful app can locate lottery stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, much of Canada, and the Caribbean.
Michigan lottery players also have the option of bypassing the store completely and buying Powerball lottery tickets online.
Virginia players can do the same and purchase Powerball tickets online.
Players outside the USA can use a reputable butler service, which provides scanned copies of the purchased lottery tickets securely held on behalf of the customer. In the past, the lottery ticket service was used by people out side the USA to win big jackpots in Oregon and Florida.
Players should note that jackpot amounts are conservative estimates provided by the lotteries, and are often somewhat higher by the time the drawing occurs. For example, the original estimate for Saturday's drawing was $523 million, but by the time all the proceeds were counted just before draw-time, the jackpot had swelled to $528.8 million.
The winning numbers for Saturday, September 25, 2021 were 22, 23, 37, 62, and 63, with Powerball number 19. The Power Play number was 3.
The Saturday Powerball Double Play drawing results were 14, 18, 27, 31, and 56, with Powerball number 2. Double Play is a new game option currently available in 14 states that lets you play your numbers in a second drawing for $1 per play, with a chance to win up to $10 million in cash. See How to Play Powerball at USA Mega for more information about Double Play.
Although nobody won the jackpot Saturday night, 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Illinois, 1 from New Jersey, and 1 from Pennsylvania.
Only the ticket sold in Illinois was purchased with the Power Play option, doubling the prize to $2 million. Power Play is available in all jurisdictions except California, where the fixed nature of the prize increase offered in Power Play is not compatible with California's pari-mutuel payout regulations.
33 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $50,000. Of those tickets, 6 were purchased with the Power Play option, increasing the prize to $150,000, and 8 were purchased in California where the prize was $13,375 this drawing. California prize amounts differ from the rest of the country because the state awards all prizes on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning the prizes will change each drawing based on the number of tickets sold and the number of tickets that won at each prize level.
A complete list of prizes available for matching various numbers can be found on the Powerball Drawing Detail page at USA Mega, as well as on the Powerball Prize Payouts and the Powerball Double Play Prize Payouts pages at Lottery Post.
Following the Saturday drawing, the Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was raised $16.2 million from its previous amount of $528.8 million. The cash value was raised by $11.6 million from its previous amount of $380.5 million.
Seasoned Powerball players will notice somewhat smaller jackpot increases from draw-to-draw, but much of this is due to the additional Monday drawings that were added in August, as well as lower interest rates in today's downturned financial climate.
The next Powerball drawing will take place Monday night at 10:59 pm Eastern Time.
Powerball is played in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Tickets cost $2 each.
Powerball lottery results are published within minutes of the drawing at USA Mega (www.usamega.com). The USA Mega Web site provides lottery players in-depth information about the United States's two biggest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball.
Top 25 United States lottery jackpots of all time
Monday's Powerball jackpot currently stands as the 14th-largest lottery jackpot of all time.
- Powerball: $1.5864 billion, Jan. 13, 2016 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $1.537 billion, Oct. 23, 2018 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $1.05 billion, Jan. 22, 2021 (36 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Michigan
- Powerball: $768.4 million, Mar. 27, 2019 (25 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Wisconsin
- Powerball: $758.7 million, Aug. 23, 2017 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Massachusetts
- Powerball: $731.1 million, Jan. 20, 2021 (35 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Maryland
- Powerball: $687.8 million, Oct. 27, 2018 (21 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Iowa, New York
- Mega Millions: $656 million, Mar. 30, 2012 (18 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Mega Millions: $636 million, Dec. 17, 2013 (21 rollovers, starting at $12 million) - California, Georgia
- Powerball: $590.5 million, May 18, 2013 (13 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Florida
- Powerball: $587.5 million, Nov. 28, 2012 (15 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $564.1 million, Feb. 11, 2015 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Powerball: $559.7 million, Jan. 6, 2018 (20 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
- Powerball: $545 million, Sep. 27, 2021 (37 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
- Mega Millions: $543 million, Jul. 24, 2018 (22 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Mega Millions: $536 million, Jul. 8, 2016 (34 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Indiana
- Mega Millions: $533 million, Mar. 30, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $522 million, Jun. 7, 2019 (24 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Mega Millions: $516 million, May 21, 2021 (26 rollovers, starting at $20 million) - Pennsylvania
- Powerball: $487 million, Jul. 30, 2016 (23 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - New Hampshire
- Powerball: $456.7 million, Mar. 17, 2018 (19 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Pennsylvania
- Mega Millions: $451 million, Jan. 5, 2018 (23 rollovers, starting at $15 million) - Florida
- Powerball: $448.4 million, Aug. 7, 2013 (12 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Minnesota, New Jersey (2)
- Powerball: $447.8 million, Jun. 10, 2017 (19 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - California
- Powerball: $435.3 million, Feb. 22, 2017 (18 rollovers, starting at $40 million) - Indiana
For those keeping score, the number of jackpots in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 15
- Mega Millions: 10
Top 25 cash value jackpots
Since many lottery winners collect their winnings in cash, the lump-sum payout is an important measure of what a winning ticket could be worth.
The new Powerball jackpot ranks as the 9th-largest lump-sum cash value jackpot in history.
- Powerball: $983.5 million cash, Jan. 13, 2016 ($1.5864 billion annuity) - California, Florida, Tennessee
- Mega Millions: $877.8 million cash, Oct. 23, 2018 ($1.537 billion annuity) - South Carolina
- Mega Millions: $776.6 million cash, Jan. 22, 2021 ($1.05 billion annuity) - Michigan
- Powerball: $546.8 million cash, Jan. 20, 2021 ($731.1 million annuity) - Maryland
- Powerball: $480.5 million cash, Aug. 23, 2017 ($758.7 million annuity) - Massachusetts
- Powerball: $476.9 million cash, Mar. 27, 2019 ($768.4 million annuity) - Wisconsin
- Mega Millions: $471 million cash, Mar. 30, 2012 ($656 million annuity) - Illinois, Kansas, Maryland
- Powerball: $396.2 million cash, Oct. 27, 2018 ($687.8 million annuity) - Iowa, New York
- Powerball: $392.1 million cash, Sep. 27, 2021 ($545 million annuity) - Preliminary estimate, not won yet
- Powerball: $384.7 million cash, Nov. 28, 2012 ($587.5 million annuity) - Arizona, Missouri
- Powerball: $381.1 million cash, Feb. 11, 2015 ($564.1 million annuity) - North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Texas
- Mega Millions: $378 million cash, Jul. 8, 2016 ($536 million annuity) - Indiana
- Powerball: $370.9 million cash, May 18, 2013 ($590.5 million annuity) - Florida
- Powerball: $352 million cash, Jan. 6, 2018 ($559.7 million annuity) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $347.6 million cash, Dec. 17, 2013 ($636 million annuity) - California, Georgia
- Mega Millions: $349.3 million cash, May 21, 2021 ($516 million annuity) - Pennsylvania
- Mega Millions: $340 million cash, Jun. 7, 2019 ($522 million annuity) - California
- Powerball: $336.8 million cash, Jul. 30, 2016 ($487 million annuity) - New Hampshire
- Mega Millions: $324 million cash, Mar. 30, 2018 ($533 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $320.5 million cash, Jul. 24, 2018 ($543 million annuity) - California
- Mega Millions: $319.9 million cash, Jun. 9, 2020 ($414 million annuity) - Arizona
- Mega Millions: $314.4 million cash, Sep. 21, 2021 ($431 million annuity) - New York
- Powerball: $284 million cash, May 7, 2016 ($429.6 million annuity) - New Jersey
- Mega Millions: $281.9 million cash, Jan. 5, 2018 ($451 million annuity) - Florida
- Powerball: $279.1 million cash, Jun. 10, 2017 ($447.8 million annuity) - California
The number of jackpot cash values in the top 25, by lottery game, are:
- Powerball: 13
- Mega Millions: 12
I am actually shocked that no one has won the grand prize since June 9th. Considering the gigantic amount of people who play each week that is amazing. I wonder how many Beverly Hills mansions could you buy if you took the lump sum ($392 million)? or if you paid yourself a salary each month would you actually be able to stick to it? Do most people really need financial advisers? So many questions, but there is only one way to find out. Win baby, win. Good luck to all.
* Don't be shocked, l dreamt l was on a date with Jennifer Lawrence as a teenager, but it never came to fruition.
* But in all seriousness- consider when the jackpot reached $1.5 Billion back in 2016 MG..
She is very sweet and her family still lives in Louisville, KY. When I worked in PICU she would visit the kids either X-mas Eve or Christmas Day and take one group picture with the staff. She donated $1 million to our new Jennifer Lawrence CVICU...something I've never seen since I retired! She is just as nice as could be.
They raised the price one buck a ticket to two bucks. They increased the number of balls. Increases the odds of winning. They are getting the rollovers, but the amount of the jackpot increase is not comeserate with the higher ticket cost. YOU ARE BEING SWINDLED!
Yeah she is sweet, l even liked her acting in " Passengers" Jeff. The movie was panned, but the question remained " Was waking her up unforgivable " because if you didn't that ship would have been destroyed. Kinda like Gloria Mackenzie- if she did not cut in line at that exact moment, she may not have been the sole winner of that massive jackpot.
"I am actually shocked that no one has won the grand prize since June 9th. Considering the gigantic amount of people who play each week that is amazing."
The total number of tickets sold isn't really all that big relative to the odds. Total sales through Saturday's drawing was about 591.5 million tickets. While we can expect a long term average of 1 winning ticket for every 292 million tickets, the actual chance of getting at least 1 winner out of 591.5 million tickets is only about 87%. And that's based on all tickets having numbers selected randomly. Because a lot of people play combinations that aren't chosen from all 292 million possibilities (limiting choices to calendar numbers, sequential numbers, etc.) the chance of producing a winner is lower.
That 87% is also based on the chance of at least 1 winner with all 591.5 million tickets for a single drawing. Every time a drawing fails to produce a winner th chances of getting a winner on the next drawing are based only on the tickets sold for that drawing. Sales for Monday's drawing are expected to be about 40 million tickets, so the chance the jackpot will be won is only about 1 in 8.
Thanks bluegrass
Looking forward to the grand prize winner of this jackpot run being from TN
Good luck to us all on tonight's draw
Not, willl be TX, Austin to be exact and from HEB grocery store.
seems large jackpots are hit from Publix in Florida
Well...hmmm....remember when they added the Monday draw they said the jackpots would grow faster and bigger? According to the Todd-O-Stats the $1 billion Mega Millions Jackpot from earlier this year was a 36 roller before it got hit!
3/2*36=54 so maybe this one still has a way to roll?
Is she a big jackpot winner from KY? I don't recall seeing that name for a huge PB or MM. What's the story?
It's time for a ticket sold in the little burg of Ontario, Oregon to hit it big.
Heck no. She's a self trained Actress. She starred in Hunger Games as well as other box office hits. Her family here is very humble, down to Earth like she is.
570 million now in 12th place for largest jackpot. =-p
"3/2*36=54 so maybe this one still has a way to roll?"
The first 22 drawings in this run were on the old W/Sa schedule, with just the last 16 drawings (not including the latest rollover) on the new M/W/Sa schedule. Of course MUSL is hoping that 3 drawings per week will translate to more weekly ticket sales than 2 drawings per week, but I'm not sure that's happening (yet?). If we look at jackpot runs by the number of weeks before they're won this one is now at 16.5 weeks, so we need another 5 drawings without a winner before it exceeds the previous record of 18 weeks without a winner.
Whether it's jackpot fatigue or something else, the current run isn't growing as fast as the last run that got this high. The current run was at 403 on 8/25, and 4 weeks later on 9/22 it was at 490. Last December 19th PB was at 304 and 4 weeks later, on 1/16 it had climbed to 640, with the 4th week increasing $170 million, from 470 to 640. The current run stood at 472 on 9/22 and a week later is had increased by $73 million, to 545. That's less than half of the 1 week increase from an almost identical starting point just 9 months ago.
What's fairly certain is that sales will continue to drop, so the number of rollovers before there's a winner isn't an apple to apples comparison. The previous "record" of 36 rolls without a winner gave us a jackpot advertised at just over a billion dollars. I don't think there's a lot of sense in calling this run a record for not producing a winner from sales that are only a bit more than half as much.
As for whether or not this one has a ways to go, none of the previous drawings matter. The most recent increase suggests sales of perhaps 30 million tickets, and that means a bit less than a 10% chance of a winner. Depending on how much sales increase from advertising higher jackpots this one is about as likely to roll another 5 times or more as it is to be hit within 4 drawings.
590 million tickets played and none had 21-22-39-44-60+12. Look like numbers to play at least once, only 2 consecutives. I think the chance is higher than 87%. It is cumulative, we should consider the previous drawings also. Anyhow they should stop rollover at 20. The jackpot should be shared by the second tier winners.
Whether it's jackpot fatigue or something else"
Maybe covid...
😂😂😭
I'm blaming Covid on me not winning that darn thing last night
For me it's losing fatigue. There was nothing wrong with the old 175,000,000 to 1 Matrix and the $150 million to $400 million jackpots! There were also many more second prize winners along with more jackpots being paid out. I believe I am not the only one that is noticing how few prizes are actually paid out. That Billion dollar JP that paid out in Detroit this year had no second prize winners in Michigan. A lot of people say they play just hoping to win second prize so it isn't very fun when nobody even wins second prize!
I don't know if I will ever buy a Mega Millions ticket ever again because it just doesn't pay out. Even on Powerball I started buying when it went over $200,000,000 not because I don't want to win but because nobody else is winning so why would I waste the money on lower Jackpots.
The Odds are just way too high and the number of awarded prizes are way too low and I believe many players are noticing that.
but 8th for cash value...
Cash to jackpot is running something like 71.95%
The tree top ones.
And cash/jackpot..
The proportion was up to 83% last year... (Imagine 843% of $1.5864n ($1.3167b))
"590 million tickets played and none had 21-22-39-44-60+12."
Those 590 million tickets were sold over 36 drawings. For all we know those particular numbers were played 500 times in the 35 drawings before they happened to be the winning numbers but you only win by playing the numbers that win for the drawing you bought the ticket for.
"I think the chance is higher than 87%.'
Math isn't based on what you think, and the chance of at least 1 winner out of 591.5 million tickets is 87%
"It is cumulative, we should consider the previous drawings also."
You can consider them as much as you like, but the only effect a drawing has on other drawings is how much the jackpot is. Only about 24.5 million of the tickets sold for the entire run were sold for the last drawing, so only those 24.5 million ticket have any effect on what might happen and what does happen.
"Anyhow they should stop rollover at 20. The jackpot should be shared by the second tier "winners."
"There was nothing wrong with the old 175,000,000 to 1 Matrix and the $150 million to $400 million jackpots!"
Of course there was something wrong with the old matrix. It wasn't producing enough jackpots that sell $200 million worth of tickets for a single drawing often enough. You didn't think the lottery was designed to met your needs, did you?
"Imagine 843% of $1.5864n ($1.3167b)"
It's nice to dream, but what we'd actually have gotten is the same $983.5 million cash advertised as an annuity totaling $1.185 billion.
“The most recent increase suggests sales of perhaps 30 million tickets, and that means a bit less than a 10% chance of a winner.”
So it’s not 84% it’s only 10%. I thought they sold some 590 million ticks per draw after that many rollovers. In that case the chance of jackpot is way over 90%. But if they only sell 30 million tickets from draw to draw then the chance doesn’t increase at all.
As I said they should stop rollover at 20. That’s enough. At that point MUSL should allocate all funds to all lower tier prizes. It would make more people much happier. People would have more incentives to play if higher prizes at all levels are expected. Wouldn’t you KY (as in Derby)?
However, You clearly are a lottery official since you know this factor:
“"590 million tickets played and none had 21-22-39-44-60+12."
Those 590 million tickets were sold over 36 drawings. For all we know those particular numbers were played 500 times in the 35 drawings before they happened to be the winning numbers but you only win by playing the numbers that win for the drawing you bought the ticket for.”
My question is “Did you oversee the draw? If yes, you might have influenced the result, possible?” Dont worry, none can take you or you gang to court...
"I think the chance is higher than 87%.'
Math isn't based on what you think, and the chance of at least 1 winner out of 591.5 million tickets is 87%
"It is cumulative, we should consider the previous drawings also."
No, math isnt your stronghold. There are websites that calculate the odds of powerball based on tickets played. You cant post links here for one reason or another. You can google though. Most calculations show 97% chance at jackpot for 590 million tickets sold in Powerball. Your 87% is too low. Your calculator is wrong and might need battery change.
But at least tell people you do work for a state lottery, if not MUSL itself. It’s honest and wont kill you as covid does to some people (way fewer than the official numbers). Just be honest and live happier.
A lot of people had to be playing Powerball this Wed. Because no one won and the jackpot went up $50 million to $620 million.
What makes you right about anything? Who do you think you are?
"I thought they sold some 590 million ticks per draw after that many rollovers. In that case the chance of jackpot is way over 90%"
If they sold that many tickets for multiple drawings then the chance of a winner would be over 90% because there would be a lot more than 590 million tickets. For a total of 590 million (randomly chosen) tickets the chance is 87%. Once again, what you think doesn't change the math.
"People would have more incentives to play if higher prizes at all levels are expected."
You obviously don't know how many tickets are typically sold. During the current run it took about 16 weeks to sell 590 million PB tickets. When PB reached almost $1.6 billion in January 2016 they sold about 630 million tickets for just the final drawing. Like math, the sales don't lie and clearly establish that the product sells much better when high odds produce big jackpots. The lottery doesn't care what you want, but they listen very closely to the people who syand in line to hand over 4 months worth of income in 3 or 4 days.
"You clearly are a lottery official since you know this factor:"
Anyone can find the necessary information. Well, maybe not you, but the information is readily available.
"There are websites that calculate the odds of powerball based on tickets played. You cant post links here for one reason or another."
New members can't post links. AFAIK anyone can post the name of a website. Like most forums, its also possible to send direct messages, which may not be subject to the same limitations. It's possible that you found a website that supposedly calculates the chances of a winner, but if it disagrees with 87% it's wrong. Like a lot of people, you're reaching conclusions without the necessary knowledge or information, maybe because reality doesn't agree with what you think.
I didnt say that I am anybody crook. You just try to fool people with your systesms and get mad when somebody questions your foundation. If you pull out real data all your systems fail miserably. Yup its possible you are worse than random, than quick picks. You spam this place like plague but it’s you who kick people when they show real figures of your sschemes. Shame on you crook of the desert!
“if it disagrees with 87% it's wrong”
You did that official crook. You said it was 10%. I always said it was 97% for 590 miliones sold. So what if you are a lottery man? I got no problem with that. Just say the truth. Those figures are not easily available to me and mere mortals. but they are available to you. Nobody here knew that combo was played 500 times before it hit.
And people didnt plAy it any more all of a sudden, haha? I "accuse" you now of manipulating the drawing. Haha! A combo was played 500 times for 35 draws and then withdrawn when it hit. I think it was played again because people repeat their tickets. You are crooked like your organization. Yup, take me to court crooks! You lie when you say it was played 500 times before. you lie like a official lottery crook. Thats why many people say in public places that the lotteries are rigged. You cant convince anybody a ticket was played 500 times in 35 draws and all the while withdrawn just before it hit.