US Powerball jackpot reaches one billion dollar again in 2025
Lottery authorities note that winners can opt for a lump-sum payment of $457.7 million before taxes, instead of the traditional annuity spread over multiple decades. If claimed, this prize would rank as the seventh-largest in Powerball history.
Reports indicate that the jackpot has reached this level after 41 consecutive drawings without a top-prize winner, tying the record for the longest winless streak in the lottery’s history. A similar streak occurred in April 2024, when a ticket sold in Oregon captured a $1.3 billion jackpot.
The jackpot previously exceeded $1 billion on September 6, 2025, when two winning tickets in Missouri and Texas split a $1.787 billion prize. That drawing represented the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history, behind only the $2.04 billion prize awarded in November 2022, which remains the largest lottery jackpot ever recorded globally.
Powerball tickets are sold for $2 in 45 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Officials report that the odds of winning the top prize stand at roughly 1 in 292.2 million.
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