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View winning numbers$81M jackpot
Advertised annuity$81M
Stored cash value$35.5M
Cash share43.8%
Place in history#1270
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This jackpot’s story
How this drawing fits the jackpot’s history
What does $81M actually mean?
- A career measured in centuries
At $65,000 a year, earning the same amount would take about 1,246 working years—performance reviews have officially outlived civilization.
- A literal money trail
In $100 bills laid end to end, $81 million would stretch approximately 78.5 miles—an unusually direct route to questionable financial decisions.
- A lifetime of national-park escapes
At $3,000 each, it could buy about 27,000 national-park vacations—the scenic overlook may need a reservation system just for you.
- Lotteryception
Spending it all on Powerball tickets would buy 40,500,000 plays—an admirably circular use of a jackpot.
- A very popular stadium giveaway
Split among 70,000 stadium fans, it would be about $1,157 each—possibly the first halftime promotion requiring tax professionals.
How these comparisons are calculated
WTN uses fixed formulas and rounded editorial benchmarks. Variable-price assumptions were reviewed August 20, 2026. They are examples—not quotes, tax estimates, purchasing advice, or investment promises. Read the methodology.
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- Latest stored jackpot
- $81M Mon, Aug 24, 2026
- WTN stored-history record
- $1.8B Sat, Sep 6, 2025
- Current growth run
- 5 draws Drawings since the most recent stored reset
- All-history resets
- 149 Decreases between consecutive stored jackpots
The stories behind the record
Four ways this jackpot history stands out.
The largest stored Powerball advertised jackpot was attached to the Saturday, September 6, 2025 drawing.
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It ran from Monday, September 8, 2025 through Wednesday, December 24, 2025 before the next stored reset.
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The advertised amount moved from $900M to $1.5B.
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The stored advertised jackpot reset on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
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Timeline
5 years across 780 drawings
Advertised annuityCash value
Wed, Aug 25, 2021 through Mon, Aug 24, 2026. Individual reset markers are hidden at this scale to keep the long-range trend readable; 149 stored resets are included in the complete-history calculation. The complete record calculations above do not change when the timeline range changes.
Complete stored-history rankings
The ten largest Powerball jackpots in WTN’s record.
#1
$1.8B
#2
$1.73B
#3
$1.7B
- #4 · $1.6B
- #5 · $1.6B
- #6 · $1.55B
- #7 · $1.5B
- #8 · $1.5B
- #9 · $1.4B
- #10 · $1.4B
Cash versus annuity
Cash values averaged 59.0% of advertised jackpots.
The stored share ranged from 42.3% on Mon, Aug 17, 2026 to 86.8% on Sat, Jan 23, 2021. The relationship changes with interest rates and the cost of funding the annuity.
Understand the payment optionsRecent jackpot history
| Drawing | Advertised annuity | Cash value | Cash share |
|---|---|---|---|
| $81M | $35.5M | 43.8% | |
| $68M | $29.7M | 43.7% | |
| $48M | $21M | 43.8% | |
| $35M | $14.8M | 42.3% | |
| $20M | $9.4M | 47.0% | |
| $1B | $450.5M | 45.1% | |
| $905M | $402.4M | 44.5% | |
| $856M | $374.1M | 43.7% | |
| $786M | $345.2M | 43.9% | |
| $748M | $327.5M | 43.8% | |
| $707M | $312.4M | 44.2% | |
| $663M | $292.5M | 44.1% | |
| $633M | $279.3M | 44.1% | |
| $600M | $268.4M | 44.7% | |
| $567M | $253M | 44.6% | |
| $544M | $242M | 44.5% | |
| $526M | $233.7M | 44.4% | |
| $498M | $221.6M | 44.5% | |
| $478M | $213.2M | 44.6% | |
| $457M | $205.9M | 45.1% |
Coverage and source
1963 normalized jackpot facts.
This analysis covers stored Powerball jackpot facts from Wed, Feb 3, 2010 through Mon, Aug 24, 2026. Rejected facts and void drawings are excluded; missing values are never treated as zero.
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