Powerball nears $1 billion after Aug. 8 drawing. Winning numbers, next drawing

Powerball's jackpot has grown to over $900 million dollars after the Aug. 8 drawing went unclaimed Ahead of the Aug. 8 drawing, the jackpot reached a high of $856 million, with a lump-sum payment of $370.7 million The last time the Powerball jackpot was won was Dec. 24, 2025, when a lucky winner got

What were the winning Powerball numbers for 8/8/2026?

The winning numbers for the Aug. 8 drawing are 5, 9, 35, 54, 63, with the Powerball being 7 and the Power Play being 23.

There was one winner of the $2 million Match 5 + Power Play prize from Texas, and four winners from Arizona,

Florida, Michigan and New York won the $1 million Match 5 prize, according to Powerball's website.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is Aug. 10, at about 10:59 p.m. ET/9:59 CT. Powerball has three drawings each week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

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How much is the Powerball jackpot now?

The jackpot ahead of the Aug. 10 drawing has reached an estimated $905 million, with a lump-sum payment of $391.9 million, according to powerball.com.

How much is the jackpot take-home?

Both the $905 million annuitized prize and the $391.9 million lump-sum cash payment amounts would be before taxes. If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.

The payout options are:

Annuity: One immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, with each payment being 5% larger than the previous one.
Lump sum: One-time payment equal to all of the cash in the jackpot prize pool.

Whether you should take the one-time payment or go with the annuity option depends on your goals, your age and what the lottery rules are for beneficiaries to continue receiving payments or if you’d likely squander a lump sum.

What are the odds of winning a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot?

The chances of winning big are pretty slim.

The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.

The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot — no matter the size — are around 1 in 292.2 million.

Powerball expanding to U.K.

Powerball has expanded its reach by allowing British lottery players to buy tickets for the first time in the game's history.

The expansion, facilitated by a partnership between the Multi-State Lottery Association and Allwyn UK, which operates the U.K. National Lottery, went into effect with the drawing on July 25. This represents the first time a non-U.S. lottery has added to the Powerball jackpot, a strategy that officials claim will accelerate jackpot growth as ticket sales increase.

For American players, however, the game itself is staying the same. Tickets will still cost $2, drawings will continue every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and the odds of winning the jackpot remain 1 in 292.2 million. What changes is the size of the player base, which officials say should help jackpots build more quickly between drawings.

How often does the lottery hit $1 billion or more?

Having Powerball or Mega Millions hit the $1 billion mark is no longer as uncommon as it once was.

In the last five years, there have been eight jackpots between Mega Millions and Powerball that have gone over the $1 billion mark. And three of those happened in 2023, and two occurred in 2024.

The highest lottery jackpot was won in November 2022, amounting to $2.04 billion. It was the second jackpot over $1 billion that year. Before that, the only other times a jackpot hit over a billion were in 2021, 2018 and 2016.