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A winner from NC scored $209,000,000 grand prize from the Powerball drawing Wednesday night
Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2026 01:01 AM
One single winner has taken the $209,000,000 grand prize from the latest drawing of the multistate Powerball lottery. The single ticket to match all the winning numbers from Wednesday night's Powerball lottery drawing was sold in NC. The numbers drawn Wednesday night, January 21st, 2026 were 11, 26, 27, 53, 55 with Power Ball 12. The winner can take a cash option worth $95.2 million before taxes, or choose to receive 29-year, 30-installment annuity option. The winning ticket holder is encouraged to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to select the cash value of the jackpot while claimng the prizes. If the winner does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot awarded on Wednesday, Powerball generated far more pleased winners walked away with large winnings. 9 third prize winning tickets were sold nationwide. These included 8 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000.
In addition, 207 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $100. There were 79 tickets matched 4 white ball with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to a total win of $200 each! There were 606 tickets that matched three white ball numbers plus the Powerball and also won $100. 225 additional players not only matched 3+1, but additionally chose the Power Play option, doulbled the winnings to $200 cash each ticket.
With 9 different prize levels, there were a total of 463,884 tickets across U.S. won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 drawing.
The new Powerball game drawing, Saturday night, will feature a jackpot of $20,000,000 with the cash option at $$9.1 million.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. To play Powerball, choose 5 numbers from a set of 69 and pick a Powerball number from a set of 26. The minimum Powerball grand prize starts at $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Jan 21, 2026 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $209,000,000 | 1
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| | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 8 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 207 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 606 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 14,788 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 12,526 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 95,554 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 219,172 |
| Wed Jan 21, 2026 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 79 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 225 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 5,337 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 4,479 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 33,772 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 77,129 |
| Wed Jan 21, 2026 Powerball Payout of Florida(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $209,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 20 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 73 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 1,362 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 1,187 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 9,323 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 20,584 |
| Wed Jan 21, 2026 Powerball Payout of Florida(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 4 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 20 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 514 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 421 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 3,041 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 6,917 |
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