Powerball jackpot hits $793 million after months without a winner

The Powerball jackpot reached $793 million for the November 2 drawing, offering a cash option of $339.9 million to the winner. The lottery held its latest drawing on Monday night, capping a streak of large prizes that has defined the game’s first half of 2026.

The winning numbers for the Monday drawing were 64, 66, 7, 23, and 29. The red Powerball was 29. A 4x Powerplay multiplier applied to the drawing, meaning non-jackpot prizes would be multiplied by four if a ticket holder had purchased the add-on.

This is the second-largest Powerball jackpot of 2026 so far. The largest occurred on August 12, when a ticket sold in Illinois won $1,040 million. Before that, two players split a $20 million prize on May 2, with one winning ticket from Florida and the other from Texas.

April produced two major winners as well. On April 29, players in Indiana and Kansas shared $143.4 million. A week earlier, on April 6, a single winner in Delaware took home $230.8 million. The trend continued in March, with an Arkansas player winning $250.8 million on March 2.

To win the top prize, players must match all five white balls, drawn from a pool of numbers 1 through 59, and the red Powerball, drawn from 1 through 26. The order of the white balls does not matter. Players can pick their own numbers or let the machine select them randomly. A standard ticket costs $2 per play.

The Powerplay option allows players to multiply non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 5, or 10. In Idaho and Montana, the Powerplay is included automatically for a minimum ticket price of $3. Winners of the main jackpot can choose between a lump-sum cash payment or an annuity paid in 30 graduated installments over 29 years. Both amounts are listed before federal and state taxes.

The most recent $793 million prize has no winner yet. The next drawing will take place on Thursday, November 5, continuing the cycle of multi-hundred-million-dollar jackpots that has characterized the Powerball game this year.