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Powerball jackpot reaches $565 million; Thursday’s Ohio Lottery results
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is continuing its steady climb upward, sitting at $565 million for the drawing on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Despite the impressive number, it still doesn’t crack the top 10 for largest Powerball jackpots in history. The largest was a $2.04 billion prize won in California in November 2022.
Powerball reaches its biggest jackpot in over a year
After 32 Powerball drawings without any jackpot winners, the prize is the largest its been in over a year. The Powerball jackpot for the Aug. 16 drawing is an estimated $565 million. The cash option on the prize is an estimated $258.8 million.
The current jackpot is estimated to be worth $526 million, with a cash value of $241 million, according to Powerball.com. The ...
More than 780,000 Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot was last won May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million grand prize. The odds of scoring ...
Bodycam footage from a Florida police officer shows a Kentucky Powerball winner was tased and tackled during his arrest in ...
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