Powerball Winning Numbers and Results (October 2026)
Powerball winning numbers for Monday, October 26, 2026: 18-26-49-50-54, Powerball 1, Power Play 3×. Nobody matched all five numbers and the Powerball, so the $687 million jackpot rolls to $716 million (cash value $307 million) for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 10:59 pm ET. Every prize and winner for that drawing.
Double Play, same night: 05-11-14-24-59, Powerball 8
Powerball hot and cold numbers
For fun: every draw is independent, so hot, cold or overdue numbers are no likelier to come up next.
Last 50 draws: Jul 4 – Oct 26, 2026. Each number averages 3.6 appearances in 50 draws.
Last 100 draws: Mar 9 – Oct 26, 2026. Each number averages 7.2 appearances in 100 draws.
Overdue counts draws since each number last came up, beside its usual gap; data through the October 26, 2026 draw.
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Did anyone win Powerball on Oct 26?
Nobody matched all five numbers and the Powerball, so the $687 million jackpot rolls to $716 million (cash value $307 million) for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 10:59 pm ET. 634,542 tickets won a prize in all. The Monday, October 26, 2026 drawing in full, or check your ticket against every draw.
- Jackpot No winner
- $2 million · Match 5 + Power Play No winner
- $1 million · Match 5 Won in Florida and Georgia
| Match | Winners | Prize | Power Play winners | Power Play prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 + Powerball | 0 | Jackpot | — | — |
| 5 | 2 | $1 million | 0 | $2 million |
| 4 + Powerball | 14 | $50,000 | 3 | $150,000 |
| 4 | 367 | $100 | 95 | $300 |
| 3 + Powerball | 810 | $100 | 231 | $300 |
| 3 | 21,169 | $7 | 5,933 | $21 |
| 2 + Powerball | 16,897 | $7 | 4,629 | $21 |
| 1 + Powerball | 131,453 | $4 | 37,864 | $12 |
| 0 + Powerball | 322,390 | $4 | 92,685 | $12 |
| All prizes | 634,542 | |||
The short version
The last Powerball draw, on October 26, 2026, came up 18 · 26 · 49 · 50 · 54 with a Powerball of 1. Ignoring the jackpot, a $2 ticket returns $0.32 in prizes on average — 16c on the dollar — and you win something once every 24.9 tickets.
What a ticket has actually been worth
The jackpot is the number on the billboard. This is the other one: what a $2 ticket was worth at each draw, once the lump sum — taking the money now is worth about 43% of the advertised annuity — and the chance of splitting the prize with everyone else who bought in are taken off. It rises as the jackpot rolls — but never as fast, and in this whole run it never rose far enough.
what comes back what does not jackpot won, value resets Hover or tap the chart for any draw
No draw in the run above was a fair bet. The obvious next question is how big the jackpot would have to be — so here is that, as a thing you can drag.
There is no jackpot big enough
Drag it as high as you like. A $2 Powerball ticket is worth most at a jackpot of about $2.69 billion — and even there it returns 83 cents on the dollar. Past that it gets worse, because a number that big sells so many tickets that winning it almost certainly means splitting it. The billboard figure was never the problem. What happens to it on the way to you is.
- Your slice of the billboard number$1.00 billion split 292,201,338 ways$3.42
- Except it is a 30-year annuitytake it now and it is $427 million−$1.96 $1.46
- And a jackpot that size gets shared180 million tickets in play — you keep 75% of a win−$0.37 $1.09
- Plus the prizes below the jackpotevery tier below the jackpot, exactly+$0.32 $1.41
- What your $2 actually buys71 cents on the dollar$1.41
the $2 you paid
- Cash value
- $427 million
- Tickets in play (est.)
- 180 million
- Your share if you win
- Jackpot odds
- 1 in 292,201,338
Before tax, which takes more — our calculator does that properly. Ticket sales are the one estimated input, and they are fitted to this game alone: Published Powerball and Mega Millions national sales figures. Only the sharing step depends on them. The formulas, and how much a wrong sales figure would move the answer.
The same arithmetic as a table, tier by tier, is on the odds page.
Recent draws
- October 26, 2026 ----, Powerball 3× Jackpot $687 million, rolled
- October 24, 2026 ----, Powerball 2× Jackpot $674 million, rolled
- October 21, 2026 ----, Powerball 2× Jackpot $635 million, rolled
- October 19, 2026 ----, Powerball 4× Jackpot $607 million, rolled
- October 17, 2026 ----, Powerball 3× Jackpot $600 million, rolled
- October 14, 2026 ----, Powerball 3× Jackpot $562 million, rolled
- October 12, 2026 ----, Powerball 3× Jackpot $538 million, rolled
- October 10, 2026 ----, Powerball 2× Jackpot $516 million, rolled
- October 7, 2026 ----, Powerball 2× Jackpot $485 million, rolled
- October 5, 2026 ----, Powerball 2× Jackpot $467 million, rolled
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Hot and cold over the whole run
21 has come up most often, 128 times. Each number averages about 103 over 1,425 draws, and whichever number happens to lead normally finishes around 23 ahead. 21 is 25 ahead, so this is an ordinary spread rather than a streak. 13 has come up least, 78 times. The full frequency table, with the chart that shows why →
Has any combination ever repeated?
No. Every one of the 2,017 Powerball draws on record has had a different set of main numbers — there are 292,201,338 possible tickets, so the history has barely scratched them. Put your line in the checker to see every draw it would have won, what those wins were worth, and the closest it has come.
Is a ticket worth it?
Ignoring the jackpot, a $2 Powerball ticket returns $0.32 on average — 16 cents on the dollar. The jackpot adds to that, though less than the headline suggests: the ticket sales that grow a big jackpot also make a win likely to be shared. The whole curve is here.
For comparison, a scratcher usually returns more per dollar, and which one depends on your state: pick your state for the best ticket on sale where you buy.
Lottery results by state
One Powerball drawing for all 46 lotteries that sell it, but not one ticket: the price, the add-ons on sale and what the state withholds from a win differ, so each state's page shows its own latest results next to what a Powerball ticket is worth there.
Frequently asked questions
- What were the latest Powerball winning numbers?
- The Powerball numbers drawn on Monday, October 26, 2026 were 18-26-49-50-54, Powerball 1, Power Play 3×. Every prize for that drawing.
- Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot on Monday, October 26, 2026?
- No. Nobody matched all five numbers and the Powerball, so the $687 million jackpot rolls to $716 million (cash value $307 million) for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 10:59 pm ET. In all, 634,542 tickets won a prize in that drawing.
- When is the next Powerball drawing?
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 10:59 pm ET. Powerball is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The advertised jackpot is $716 million, or $307 million as a one-time cash payment before tax.
- What are the hottest Powerball numbers?
- Over the 1,425 draws since October 7, 2015, 21 has come up most often — 128 times, against an average of 103. Whichever number leads normally ends up around 23 ahead, so that is a normal-sized lead. See the full frequency table.
- What are the coldest Powerball numbers?
- 13, with 78 appearances against an average of 103. The gap between the most and least drawn numbers is about what 1,425 draws normally produce.
- Which Powerball numbers are overdue?
- 43 has gone the longest without appearing — 47 draws. That does not make it likelier next time: every number has the same 7.2% chance of being drawn, however long it has been.
- Has the same Powerball combination ever been drawn twice?
- No. In all 2,017 draws since February 3, 2010, every set of main numbers has been different. With 292,201,338 possible tickets, a repeat is not something to wait for. Check your own numbers against every draw.
- What are the odds of winning Powerball?
- The jackpot is 1 in 292,201,338. Winning any prize is 1 in 24.87, and most of those wins are the smallest prize. Every prize tier, with what each is worth.
- Is a Powerball ticket worth buying?
- Setting the jackpot aside, a $2 ticket returns $0.32 on average — about 16c on the dollar. The jackpot can push that higher when it rolls, though not as far as the headline suggests, because the ticket sales that grow a jackpot also make a win likelier to be split. We show the whole curve.
- How often is Powerball drawn?
- Monday · Wednesday · Saturday. The biggest US jackpot game, drawn three nights a week in 45 states.