Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $81 Million After Saturday, August 22 Drawing Falls Short Again; Winning Numbers

Nobody claimed the Powerball grand prize during Saturday night’s drawing, marking the fourth rollover since the top prize reset in mid-August. The jackpot now moves into Monday’s drawing valued at an estimated $81 million.

Saturday’s Winning Numbers

The five white balls drawn on August 22, 2026, were 13, 31, 54, 57 and 65, joined by a red Powerball of 23 and a 3x Power Play multiplier, according to Powerball’s official draw results. No ticket matched the full six-number combination.

With no winner Saturday, the jackpot has grown to an estimated $81 million for Monday, August 24, carrying a cash option of $34.8 million, per figures posted by Louisiana Lottery Corporation and matched across several participating state lotteries.

Tracing the Rollover Back to the Illinois Win

The current stretch traces back to August 12, when a ticket sold at a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh station in Quincy, Illinois, correctly matched all six numbers to land a $1.04 billion jackpot — the eighth-biggest prize the game has ever paid out, according to the Illinois Lottery. That win reset the jackpot to its $20 million floor.

From there, the prize built in stages. It stood at $21.7 million for the Saturday, August 15 drawing, which also produced no winner, according to WKYC. It climbed to $35 million for Monday, August 17 — numbers 8, 15, 25, 49 and 65, Powerball 22 — another rollover, per PowerballTax.com. By Wednesday, August 19, the jackpot had reached $48 million, drawn from the combination 10, 21, 58, 61 and 64 with a Powerball of 17, again with no winner, according to DraftKings Network. Saturday’s result made it four straight drawings without a jackpot winner in that run.

Smaller Prizes Still Paid Out

While the top prize went unclaimed, Saturday’s drawing wasn’t a shutout for everyone. Nobody landed the $1 million prize reserved for tickets matching all five white balls without the Powerball, but ten players came one number short of an even bigger score — hitting four white balls plus the red ball for a $50,000 payout apiece. Three of those winners had also added the Power Play option, tripling their prize to $150,000, the night’s largest payout outside the jackpot itself, according to Yahoo News. Combined, close to 495,300 tickets won some prize, with total payouts across every tier passing the $4.1 million mark.

What Comes Next

The next drawing takes place Monday, August 24, at approximately 10:59 p.m. ET, broadcast from the Florida Lottery’s draw studio in Tallahassee. A single play still costs $2, with an optional $1 Power Play add-on that can multiply non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times whenever the jackpot sits at $150 million or below, per Louisiana Lottery Corporation. Players pick five numbers from 1 through 69 and one Powerball number from 1 through 26, or let a terminal generate a Quick Pick.

At $81 million, the jackpot remains well short of the ten-figure territory it reached earlier this month, but a fifth straight rollover on Monday would push it higher still.