A Powerball player from Missouri and another from Texas have hit the lottery’s historic $1.79 billion jackpot.
The winning draw took place Saturday night, ending a stretch of more than three months without a grand prize winner.
Winning Numbers
The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, 62, and the red Powerball 17.
It was the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Each ticket holder will split the prize, choosing either $895 million in annuity payments over 29 years or a lump sum of $410.3 million before taxes.
The Texas ticket was sold at Big’s 103 gas station in Fredericksburg, a small town about 75 miles west of Austin.
For Missouri, this marks the 33rd time the state has produced a jackpot winner.
Texas has now sold three jackpot-winning tickets.
Million-Dollar Winners
Fifteen other players won $1 million by matching all five white balls.
Winners came from California (2), Colorado, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas (2), and West Virginia.
Two players — one from Kansas and one from Texas — used the Power Play option, doubling their winnings to $2 million each.
Historic Jackpot
The $1.79 billion prize surpassed the $1.765 billion jackpot claimed in 2023 by Theodorus Struyck of California and his lottery pool.
Struyck opted for a $744 million lump sum payout before taxes.
Saturday’s jackpot also shattered the 2025 record of $526.5 million, won in California on March 29.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
By comparison, statisticians say the odds of becoming U.S. president are about 1 in 32.6 million.
The last grand prize was $204.5 million, sold in California on May 31, which remains unclaimed.
The record for the largest Powerball jackpot still belongs to Edwin Castro of California.
Castro won $2.04 billion in November 2022 and chose a lump sum payout of $997.6 million.
His win remains the single biggest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Claiming the Prize
The new Missouri and Texas winners have between 90 days and one year to claim their prizes, depending on state rules.
Once claimed, the jackpot will rank as the second-largest in Powerball history and among the biggest ever in the United States.
