Powerball jackpot soars to $1.3 billion after no winner Monday night

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Published  September 2, 2025 9:11am EDT
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The Brief

    • The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.3 billion after no one matched all six numbers in Monday night’s drawing.
    • Last night’s winning numbers for the $1.1 billion drawing were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53 with the Powerball 5.
    • Players will have a chance to win the huge cash prize at the next drawing on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 10:59 p.m. ET.

The Powerball jackpot has spiked to a staggering $1.3 billion after no winning ticket was sold in Monday night’s drawing.

This new jackpot prize is the fifth largest in the game’s history if no one wins Wednesday night’s drawing. 

RELATED: Powerball winning numbers for Monday, jackpot climbs past $1.1 billion

The winning numbers for Monday night’s 1.1 billion drawing were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53 with Powerball 5. No one has matched all six Powerball numbers since May 31.

Although there was no Powerball jackpot winner, two ticket holders in Montana and North Carolina each won $2 million, the Associated Press reported. 

Powerball cash prize estimated at almost $ 600 million

By the numbers:

According to the Associated Press, payments for a jackpot would be spread over 30 years. And a winner can choose an immediate lump sum in cash before taxes, which is now $589 million. The odds of matching all six numbers are 1 in 292.2 million with the chances of being struck by lightning are far greater.

With the Powerball jackpot climbing to $1.3 billion, here are the top 10 biggest jackpots over the years: 

  1. $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – California
  2. $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 - California
  3. $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – California, Florida, and Tennessee
  4. $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 – Oregon
  5. $1.1 Billion (estimated) – Sept 1, 2025
  6. $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – California
  7. $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – Michigan
  8. $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – Wisconsin
  9. $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – Massachusetts
  10. $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - Washington state

Powerball tickets

What you can do:

Powerball tickets are $2 per game. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. 

Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Associated Press and previous LIVENOW from FOX reporting. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. 


 

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