Five Powerball® Jackpot Winners This Year
CHICAGO—Powerball is being drawn tonight, with a jackpot of $490 million on offer - that’s just shy of half a billion dollars up for grabs.
This is the highest Powerball jackpot in over eight months and, if won tonight, it will be the 10th largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the U.S.
Five lucky Powerball players across the U.S. have already struck it big this year, with the jackpot being struck five times since January.
2021 winnings |
Winning state |
Date of win |
$731.1 million |
Maryland |
January 20 |
$23.2 million |
New Jersey |
January 23 |
$33.2 millon |
New Jersey |
January 30 |
$235.4 million |
Florida |
March 27 |
$285.6 million |
Florida |
June 5 |
And Illinois Lottery players have been doing their share of winning too. Every month, in the last three months, an Illinois Lottery player has won $1 million with Powerball!
IL winnings |
Where |
Winning retailer |
Date |
$1 million |
Naperville |
BP gas station 1983 Brookdale Rd. |
July 24 |
$1 million |
Shawneetown |
Shawnee Quick Mart 111 Shawnee Ave. |
August 28 |
$1 million |
Cambria |
Casey’s General Store 917 S. Maple St. |
September 15 |
The manager of the BP gas station in Naperville, Laura Espinoza, commented at the time, "It's exciting to see customers when they win. It can be any amount, like $100 or $200, and they get really excited."
Powerball is played every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday with the next prize draw taking place tonight on Wednesday, September 22 at 9:59 p.m. CT.
Powerball tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Powerplay for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes.
It’s never been easier for residents 18 and over to play as Illinois Lottery draw-based game tickets can be purchased online, in-store and on the Illinois Lottery app. Visit IllinoisLottery.com for more information.
About the Illinois Lottery:
Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $21 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like homelessness prevention, Illinois Veterans services, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, Special Olympics, police memorials and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to playing in-store, the Illinois Lottery offers online and mobile play for all draw-based Illinois Lottery games at illinoislottery.com. Players must be at least 18 years old.