Nationwide Fever Grips as Prize Nears Record Highs, Drawing 35th Straight Week Without a Winner

The nation’s lottery players are buzzing with anticipation as the Powerball jackpot has surged to an estimated $643 million for the next drawing on Wednesday night, August 20, 2025. This massive grand prize, with an estimated cash value of $290.6 million, marks the largest Powerball jackpot in more than a year and the 35th drawing since the last win.

The current jackpot run follows a series of eleven grand prize winners since a historic billion-dollar prize was claimed in Oregon on April 6, 2024. Until now, all of those subsequent jackpots were under $600 million.

The last winning ticket was sold in California on May 31, 2025, for a $204.5 million prize. Since then, the jackpot has been stead

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