What are the Powerball numbers for Wednesday, May 27? Jackpot stands at $154 million
Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
- The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday, May 27, is an estimated $154 million.
- No one won the jackpot in the previous drawing on Monday, May 25.
- Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evening.
Do you have your tickets? The Wednesday, May 27, Powerball lottery jackpot is an estimated $154 million with a cash option of $67.7 million.
Here’s what to know about the lottery:
The Wednesday, May 27, Powerball numbers will be drawn at around 11 p.m. ET.
The Monday, May 15, Powerball numbers were 17-32-48-60-64 and the Powerball was 10. The Power Play was 2x.
Did anyone win the last Powerball drawing?
No one won the Monday, May 25 Powerball jackpot. There was one Match 5 $1 million winner in California.
When was the last time a Powerball was won in Kentucky?
The last time the Powerball was won from a ticket purchased in Kentucky was April 26, 2025, and it was worth an estimated $167.3 million.
How many Powerball numbers are needed to win a prize?
The possible winning tickets and their cash prizes are as follows:
- Powerball only — $4
- Match 1 white number + Powerball — $4
- Match 2 white numbers + Powerball — $7
- Match 3 white numbers only — $7
- Match 3 white numbers + Powerball — $100
- Match 4 white numbers only — $100
- Match 4 out of 5 white numbers + Powerball — $50,000
- Match all 5 white numbers only — $1 million
When are the Powerball drawings?
Drawings are every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
Recent Powerball jackpot winners
Here is the list of recent Powerball jackpot wins, per powerball.com:
- $251 million — March 2, 2026; Arkansas
- $209 million — Jan. 21, 2026; North Carolina
- $1.82 billion — Dec. 24, 2025; Arkansas
- $1.787 billion — Sept. 6, 2025; Missouri and Texas
- $205 million — May 31, 2025; California
- $167.3 million — April 26, 2025; Kentucky
- $331 million — Jan. 18, 2025; Oregon
- $256 million — Dec. 7, 2024; New York
- $44 million – Aug. 19, 2024; California
- $213.8 million – Aug. 12, 2024; Pennsylvania
- $215 million — May 6, 2024; Florida
- $1.326 billion — April 7, 2024; Oregon
- $1.765 billion — Oct. 11, 2023; California
- $1 billion — July 19, 2023; California
- $252.6 million — April 19, 2023; Ohio
- $162.6 million — March 4, 2023; Virginia
- $754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington
- $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California
- $93 million — Nov. 19, 2022; Kansas
How to play in the Powerball lottery
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