When's the next billion-dollar Powerball jackpot?Prev TopicNext Topic

• IDIDNOTWIN$5K

  

  Worcester, Massachusetts,
  United States
  Member #263,680
  September 20, 2026
  10 Posts
  Offline
  Sep 21, 2026, 7:46 pm

  ▲▼

  (Post was created on mobile.)

  When will Powerball next hit $1,000,000,000? Even the current growth is very quick: one month spans between a $20M jackpot and a $313M jackpot. I'm guessing one more month will make it hit a billion. Mega Millions has had a $983 million jackpot, the closest jackpot in the world to $1 billion. Yet Mega Millions has to use the minimum $10 million guaranteed rollover up to ten times per run.

  (Sorry if I used bad wording)
• hearsetrax

  

  United States
  Member #52,343
  May 21, 2007
  4,087 Posts
  Offline
  Sep 21, 2026, 7:55 pm

  ▲▼

  We'll find out soon enough I reckon,  but I'm hoping that we set a new PB record

  now that the Brits have joined the PB party LOL 

  

  
• JustMaybe

  

  us
  Member #228,334
  January 2, 2023
  1,571 Posts
  Offline
  Sep 21, 2026, 8:15 pm

  ▲▼

  When's the next billion-dollar Powerball jackpot?

  I think the next one will be when we have like 40 roll overs.

  I believe winning the lottery jackpot is a 💯 % factor of luck.

  May Fortuna, goddess of chance or lot vindicate me.
• IDIDNOTWIN$5K

  

  Worcester, Massachusetts,
  United States
  Member #263,680
  September 20, 2026
  10 Posts
  Offline
  Sep 22, 2026, 6:38 pm

  ▲▼
  In response to hearsetrax

  Quote: Originally posted by hearsetrax on Sep 21, 2026

  We'll find out soon enough I reckon,  but I'm hoping that we set a new PB record

  now that the Brits have joined the PB party LOL 

  

  Ah, that's why jackpots grow fast now. Those million-pound wins out there are actually more than $1,000,000 here, and the UK has one more prize tier (2+0) which pays £8 (double your ticket back). Usually in the USA, that would be $0. Illinois did it after 44 drawings, the second-longest run ever for Powerball. With the UK joining in the middle of that run, billion-dollar jackpots could happen between 38 and 41 drawings.
• Jackpot777

  

  Washington
  United States
  Member #262,959
  August 13, 2026
  88 Posts
  Offline
  Sep 22, 2026, 11:06 pm

  ▲▼

  A billion dollars advertised isn't really a billion dollars... 

  The media goes crazy when it reaches a billion, but the odds of winning are the same regardless of the jackpot and most people take the cash option.  The last "billion" dollar jackpot was about $261 million cash after taxes in Illinois.  Yes, it's a lot of money still, but the winner is far from being a billionaire. 

  https://www.usamega.com/powerball/jackpot/2026/8/12
• IDIDNOTWIN$5K

  

  Worcester, Massachusetts,
  United States
  Member #263,680
  September 20, 2026
  10 Posts
  Offline
  Yesterday, 7:27 am

  ▲▼

  The Aug 2026 one had a cash option of about $450M because of inflation. To hit a billion gross, the jackpot would need to pass the Edwin Castro record.
• Lotto Motto

  

  Miami Florida
  us
  Member #251,069
  March 16, 2025
  120 Posts
  Offline
  Yesterday, 11:20 pm

  ▲▼
  In response to IDIDNOTWIN$5K

  Quote: Originally posted by IDIDNOTWIN$5K on Sep 23, 2026

  The Aug 2026 one had a cash option of about $450M because of inflation. To hit a billion gross, the jackpot would need to pass the Edwin Castro record.

  I don't understand how your very wise post got two down votes. Baffling. Reminds me of the time that I saw a post that said,"She should be sentenced to Cancer with no chance of parole," for a Woman who faked Cancer in order to get money and a free car and other gifts such as an all expenses paid vacation, and that wise post got a lot of down votes, baffling.