Normally, the game would reset to a $40 million minimum, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced Powerball officials to cut the minimum jackpot in half, which began with the 04/11/20 jackpot. The previous winning ticket was sold back on Augfor a jackpot worth $169 million. It was the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history. Previous to the last four winners, the last winning Powerball ticket was sold on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, in Maryland for the $730 million jackpot. The game reset to the $20 million minimum on Saturday 01/23/21, which was won, and then another jackpot hit on 01/30/21. A ticket sold in Maryland hit the $731.1 million jackpot on Wednesday 01/20/21. Powerball early this year had three jackpot winners in four drawings.
The previous Powerball grand-prize winner was 03/27/21 for a drawing worth $238 million. That ticket was sold in Jacksonville, Florida, at a Circle K convenience store. The previous Powerball grand prize winner before that was on Saturday 06/05/21 for a $286 million jackpot. The last grand prize winner was for a $699.8 million jackpot on for a ticket sold in California, which reset the game to the $20 million minimum.Ī Powerball ticket purchased near Lafayette, Louisiana, in February 2020. Had they purchased the Power Play for an extra $1, their second prize would be worth $2 million. There was no grand prize winner on Saturday, but there were two tickets sold-one each in California and New Jersey-that matched the first five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game's second prize of $1 million. The winning numbers on Saturday (11/27/21) for that jackpot were: 08-32-55-64-66 with a Powerball of 10. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. Monday night's 11/29/21 Powerball jackpot was worth $253 million, with a cash-value option worth $178.9 million. The Powerball jackpot for 11/29/21 was $253 million, and here are the winning numbers from Monday night's drawing.