Powerball Jackpot Reaches $2.04 Billion in Monday, September 29, 2025 Drawing
A single ticket sold in California has won the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot in the drawing held on Monday, September 29, 2025. This marks the largest lottery prize in U.S. history, eclipsing the previous record of $2.04 billion won wiht a powerball ticket on November 7, 2022. The winning numbers were 12, 23, 34, 56, 61, and the Powerball was 17.
Lottery officials confirmed the single winning ticket was purchased at a retailer in California, though the winner’s identity remains unknown. The jackpot had been steadily climbing for 16 weeks since the last win on August 6,2025,fueling a surge in ticket sales nationwide. This latest win comes after a string of large lottery prizes awarded in recent years, including a $1.73 billion Powerball prize on October 11, 2023, won by Theodorus Struyck of California; a $1.586 billion Powerball prize on January 13, 2016, shared by Marvin and Mae Acosta of California, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Melbourne Beach, Florida, and John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee; and a $1.58 billion Mega Millions prize on August 8, 2023, claimed by Saltines holdings LLC of Miami, Florida. Other recent high-tier wins include a $1.537 billion mega Millions prize on October 23, 2018, in South Carolina; a $1.348 billion Mega Millions prize on January 13,2023,won by LaKoma Island Investments,LLC in lebanon,Maine; a $1.337 billion Mega Millions prize on July 29, 2022, in Des Plaines, illinois; a $1.326 billion powerball prize on April 6, 2024, won by Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Chao of Oregon; a $1.269 billion Mega millions prize on December 27, 2024, won by Rosemary Casarotti of California; and a $1.128 billion Mega Millions prize on March 26,2024,in New Jersey. The Powerball is drawn three times a week – on Monday,Wednesday,and Saturday – and costs $2 per play.
