Powerball jackpot rolls to $1.7B, 3rd-largest prize in U.S. history
After no winners on Wednesday night, the Powerball jackpot has increased to become the third-largest prize in lottery history.
At $1.7 billion, with an estimated cash value of $770.3 million, the jackpot is also the third-largest prize in Powerball history — just behind two larger jackpots of $1.765 billion and $2.04 billion, which were won in 2023 and 2022, respectively.
The next drawing for the $1.7 billion jackpot will be held on Saturday.
The Powerball jackpot has not been hit all summer, with the last $204.5 million jackpot prize won on May 31 in California.
Powerball tickets cost $2 each. Tickets can be purchased until 9:50 p.m. the night of the drawing at Massachusetts State Lottery retailers across the state, and drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
So far, the two largest lottery prizes won in Massachusetts in 2025 were each worth $15 million. Both were from scratch tickets.
One of the prizes was from a winning "Diamond Deluxe" scratch ticket sold in Holyoke, and the other was from a "300X" scratch ticket sold on Cape Cod.
This is a list of the top 10 largest lottery prizes in U.S. history:
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$2.04 billion Powerball prize won on a single California ticket on Nov. 7, 2022
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$1.765 billion Powerball prize won on a single California ticket on Oct. 11, 2023
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$1.7 billion Powerball jackpot drawing on Sept. 6, 2025
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$1.602 billion Mega Millions prize won on a single Florida ticket on Aug. 8, 2023
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$1.586 billion Powerball prize won across three tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee on Jan. 13, 2016
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$1.537 billion Mega Millions prize won on a single South Carolina ticket on Oct. 23, 2018
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$1.348 billion Mega Millions prize won on a single Maine ticket on Jan. 13, 2023
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$1.337 billion Mega Millions prize won on a single Illinois ticket on July 29, 2022
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$1.326 billion Powerball prize won on a single Oregon ticket on April 7, 2024
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$1.22 billion Mega Millions prize won on a single California ticket on Dec. 27, 2024
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