Powerball Jackpot Rises to $43M After No Winner on Jan. 26 Drawings
The Powerball jackpot for January 26, 2026, increased to $30 million with a cash option of $13.6 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the Jan. 24 drawing, which had winning numbers 2, 16, 35, 61, 63, with a Powerball of 5 and a Power Play of 3x. The Jan. 24 drawing's jackpot was $20 million, and the winning numbers for that night were 2, 16, 35, 61, 63, with a Powerball of 5. On Jan. 21, a ticket sold in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, matched all five numbers plus the Powerball (11-26-27-53-55 and 12) and won $209 million, with the ticket purchased at West 10th Mart. The current streak of Powerball rollovers started after the Dec. 24, 2025, $1.817 billion jackpot was claimed by a player in Arkansas. The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for January 28, 2026, with an estimated jackpot of $43 million and a cash option of $19.4 million. No one won the jackpot on Jan. 26, with the winning numbers being 21, 31, 51, 60, 63, and Powerball 18, with a 2x Power Play. The jackpot has been rolling over since the Dec. 24, 2025, jackpot, which was the second-largest in U.S. history. The odds of winning Powerball are 1 in 292.2 million. The top 10 biggest Powerball jackpots have ranged from $758.7 million to $2.04 billion, with the largest ever won on Nov. 7, 2022. The next Mega Millions jackpot for Jan. 27, 2026, is estimated at $285 million. Lottery tickets are widely available at gas stations and stores like Publix and Walmart in Florida, with tickets costing $2 each. The Jan. 23 Mega Millions winning numbers were 30, 42, 49, 53, 66, with Mega Ball 4.
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