Powerball Jackpot Now At $950 Million And Tickets Are So Close

News Staff • August 29, 2025

Could the Powerball Lottery get to $1 Billion?

Lottery tickets

It is getting close to the $1 Billion mark for the Saturday August 30 drawing. The Powerball lottery is currently at $950 Million dollars and the tickets are only a few miles away on the line. Bruce, the manager of Flora-Bama Liquor and Lotto stated they were managing the crowd and invited locals to visit the store for tickets and stock up for their football parties.


This is now the 6th largest Powerball jackpot in history. If someone matches all the numbers they could choose to take a one-time cash payment of $428 million and some change.


So what were the biggest Powerball lottery jackpots of all time?

  • $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – California
  • $1.765 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – California
  • $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – California, Florida, Tennessee
  • $1.326 billion – April 6, 2024 – Oregon
  • $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023 – California
  • $950 million – Aug. 30, 2025 – winner TBD
  • $842.4 million – Jan. 1, 2024 – Michigan
  • $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – Wisconsin
  • $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – Massachusetts
  • $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 – Washington


Good luck and we may see you on the line!

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