Powerball jackpot rolls to $835 million after no Nov. 4 winner
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The gist
No ticket matched Wednesday's Powerball numbers, leaving an estimated $835 million jackpot for Saturday.
It is the 10th-largest Powerball jackpot since the game began in 1992.
Background
Powerball is a multi-state lottery game with drawings held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at about 10:59 p.m. ET. The jackpot had gone unclaimed for almost three months, since a single winner in Illinois took a $1.04 billion prize on August 12, pushing the top prize steadily higher through the fall.
How it unfolded
- Oct 12, 2026Winning numbers were 22, 28, 38, 51 and 69 with red Powerball 9; no jackpot winner, but one ticket matched all five white balls to win $1 million.
- Oct 21, 2026No one won the $639 million jackpot; three tickets sold in New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania won $1 million or $2 million, and the next jackpot grew to an estimated $674 million.
- Oct 28, 2026No one won the $723 million jackpot, and the prize for Saturday, Oct. 31 grew to an estimated $760 million with a cash value of $326.0 million.
- Nov 2, 2026The Monday drawing was worth $793 million with winning numbers 7-23-29-64-66, Powerball 23 and Power Play 4; no winner was declared.
- Nov 4, 2026Wednesday's winning numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, 56 with Powerball 21 and Power Play 2x; the $835 million jackpot, 10th-largest in game history, went unclaimed.
- Nov 7, 2026The next drawing is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026.
Who’s saying what
- Reporting
- The Indianapolis Star and Journal News reported the Nov. 4 jackpot at an estimated $835 million with a cash option of $357.9 million, citing powerball.com.
- Reporting
- mlive.com reported the jackpot had climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after the Nov. 2 drawing with no winner declared.
Still unverified
mlive.com reported the jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after the Nov. 2 drawing, while other sources list the Nov. 4 jackpot at an estimated $835 million.