The Powerball jackpot rose to $147 million ahead of Wednesday's drawing. Check here for the winning numbers for May 21, 2025.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mega Millions will kick off the weekend’s lottery drawings with a jackpot estimated at $154 million for Friday, May 23, 2025. The Saturday, May 24 Powerball jackpot is an estimated $163 million while the Classic Lotto jackpot is $3 million.

Feeling lucky? Powerball jackpot for Wednesday, May 21, 2025, weekend before Memorial Day holiday, was $146 million with a lump sum of $65.6 million.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $163 million. One ticket each five numbers,

A Powerball player in Texas won $1 million, just missing the $147 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, May 21, the Texas Lottery said. The winning ticket was sold at a Walmart store in McKinney, about a 30-mile drive northeast from Dallas, the lottery said.

Whenever a Maryland man buys a Powerball ticket, he always spends $1 more buying a second chance ticket. “ If you are going to play, you should give yourself a second chance to win,” the Baltimore man told Maryland Lottery officials in a May 23 news release.

A Powerball player in Kansas won $1 million, just missing the $147 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, May 21, the Kansas Lottery said. Powerball players in New Hampshire and Texas also won $1 million prizes.