(Des Moines, Iowa) –  Officials with the Powerball Lottery say the jackpot for the top prize has climbed to an estimated $950 million for Saturday night’s drawing after no one won the jackpot after Wednesday night’s numbers were pulled.

While there was no ticket matched all six number drawn Wednesday night, The Powerball lottery, in an early morning news release on Thursday, said six tickets won prizes worth $1 million or more in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, after matching all five white balls. Here are the winning numbers for the Aug. 27, 2025, drawing: 09-12-22-41-61 Powerball 25. The Powerplay Multiplier was 4x.

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The $1 million-winning tickets for Wednesday’s drawing were sold in Arizona, New York and Virginia. Additionally, there were three tickets in Mississippi, Ohio and Virginia that increased their winnings to $2 million by including the Power Play option, the lottery said. Powerball officials said there were also 40 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 10 tickets that won $200,000 prizes.

The Powerball lottery said this (Thursday) morning that the Saturday, Aug. 30, drawing will be the 39th since the jackpot was last won on May 31, 2025, in California. “If a player wins Saturday’s jackpot, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize estimated at $950 million or a lump sum payment estimated at $428.9 million,” the Powerball said in its release, adding that both prize options are before taxes.

Powerball tickets cost $2, and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings air at 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee, Florida.