Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpot

Comment #69

LottoNoobie — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:13:53 GMT

Maybe someone should create a forum or blog where people can upload their state's Powerball bet slips. I assumed they were all the same. I use an app on my phone to check the results of the big games. When I saw that they were 89 match 5 winners, I thought it was a typo! I've never seen an amount like that.

Cash For Life has been retired and Millionaire for Life has replaced it without a jackpot winner. More than double the ticket price for what seems like worse odds

Comment #68

JackpotWanna — Fri, 15 May 2026 10:09:41 GMT

Sad, I didn't play that day. Congrats to all the winners

Comment #67

KY Floyd — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:00:54 GMT

The average distance from the Earth to the moon is 235,855 miles. That has nothing to do with the lottery, but if we're bringing up irrelevant facts I figure we're all entitled to join in.

Comment #66

JohnGalt3 — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:29:25 GMT

Hot Lotto was rigged and the software developer went to prison.

Not a conspiracy theory - just the truth.

Comment #65

JustMaybe — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:45:57 GMT

Wonder if we have states that have alluded to winners splitting the second prize because they cannot support all the payments

Comment #64

kao1632 — Wed, 06 May 2026 06:59:55 GMT

The odds of winning are the same, but the odds of sharing the jackpot are higher..

It is like in NZ a lotto official said that there were usually about 3,000 tickets with 1,2,3,4,5,6 ... When picking your own numbers, people want a logical reason... Birthdays is another (so more likely to share prizes/ jackpots if the numbers are 1 - 31.

Comment #63

kao1632 — Wed, 06 May 2026 06:57:16 GMT

It would be interesting to see how many selected powerball 16 (continuing down

Comment #62

billybucks — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:40:56 GMT

Players have been playing those vertical rows since the first lottery slip was placed on a lottery stand in stores. The odds on it coming in are the same as any other 5 numbers.

Comment #61

DataStats99 — Tue, 05 May 2026 00:27:01 GMT

The number of $1M second-tier

winners is remarkable 89 tickets

matching 5 numbers shows how many

players were using similar number

patterns that draw. Pattern analysis

really does reveal these trends.

Comment #60

billybucks — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:19:05 GMT

I didn't realize it got hit back to back. I didn't read it through correctly. My bad.

Comment #59

Lottodreams — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:11:34 GMT

yeah, and those states that did not have the same lay out on their slip had several winners too, not just one. I'm sorry if y'all want to believe in the lottery this bad that even when it's in plain sight, y'all still want to justify a scam for the sake of a dream. This is as rigged as it gets.

Comment #58

Lottodreams — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:05:46 GMT

you sound like the lottery has you on their payroll. lol ..... When the people stop asking questions and demanding transparency, they become believers of any lie.

Anyone with a mind of its own would question what's obvious. If you don't, you can keep following the leaders.

Comment #57

Mrjj — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:29:03 GMT

Must be very nice to win, I pray I win the jackpot or a million dollar prize one day lol been playing 25 years and only won pick 3 a few times

Comment #56

Rigged50 — Sun, 03 May 2026 22:40:39 GMT

Comment #55

ShagE3 — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:49:43 GMT

Hmmm

Two jackpots in a row won by two ticketholders each draw ..... I smell a $ 2.5 bil jackpot on the horizon.

I play for the larger jackpots .... that's just my game ...... call me greedy but, that's how I roll.

So what is y'all's take on which multistate game will reach one billion dollars first?

Have a shaggy day!

ShagE3

Comment #54

KY Floyd — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:45:39 GMT

It is a fluke but it came in on row 5 this time.

Just to be clear, there are plenty of patterns and lots of people playing them so the fluke is that the 5 winning numbers happened to match one of the relatively few combinations that can be played by using a pattern. I'm not going to try to count how many possibilities there are, but if we include all of the sequential possibilities, simple/obvious multiples or skips, and straight and diagonal lines I'll guess at about 150 to 200, but call i... [ More ]

Comment #53

Remus1913 — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:23:37 GMT

Wow....and.....Whoa!! Your arrogance and condescendance is over the top. My theory about birthdays was regarding the 5/2 drawing....NOT the 4/30 (2 jackpot, 89 2nd place winners). The play slip explanation makes perfectly good since when it comes to the 4/30 drawing (I need to emphasize my exact reference since your reply has shown that you can easily misinterpret and misrepresent a posters comments). I'll check my lottery knowledge when you check your lottery history.....piece of stool

Comment #52

ShagE3 — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Just been playing my instate jackpot game till PB reaches 1/4 bil and or MM reaches 1/3 -1/2 bil .... then I'm in but, only 1 additional ticket per 1/4 mil rise in jackpot.

Now if my instate jackpot game is won soon ..... I'm in for Mil 4 Life but, only once or twice per week (Mon and or Thur) but, only if I'm not playing PB or MM.

It's all about discipline, discipline, discipline folks!

Now would someone please pass the grey poupon down this end of the table? I need it for my liverw... [ More ]

Comment #51

DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:48:10 GMT

Pffff 10 years!!! They have been stalking me since I hit my first $40 box hit in the 90's

Comment #50

TheOtherOne — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:48:29 GMT

Congrats to the winners. Curious how allll these folks came up with the pattern. Good on em

Comment #49

billybucks — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:21:44 GMT

It is obvious to most of us that the slip was the reason for all the winning 5 number combinations. The only reason. I do not believe it would be odd if 2 grand prize winners weren't from those heavily played states. Your theory on birthdays has some validity to it but not on this drawing. The 89 2nd prize winners not being from those heavily played states is explainable because those states slips did not match up with row 5 on the states whose slips did. You need to brush up on your lottery kno... [ More ]

Comment #48

Remus1913 — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:42:17 GMT

I wasn't a conspiracy theorist until now.......

First, having 2 grand prize winners for a non-billion dollar jackpot, not surprising. Those grand prizes not being in at least one of these states (CA, TX, FL or NY) is odd. The real eyebrow raiser was out of 89 second prize winners, there was no representation from TX, FL or NY.

Second, in the following drawing on 5/2, miraculously FL and TX have grand prize winners. What really raises suspicion is that 4 out of 5 numbers were outside of w... [ More ]

Comment #47

billybucks — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:13:04 GMT

Yes, because of the play slip angle that many do. I think I will go vertical on row 5 today some said. Others did row 3, 4 or 6. Some pick numbers that form a W on the slip. Some pick them that form an L on the slip. Some pick the lowest number and the highest number and fill in the rest with other favorite numbers. Some play 1,2,3,4,5. Actually thousands do that so don't do it.

Comment #46

billybucks — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:08:38 GMT

And you got that answer from more than one source here. It was the play slips. Sure, it is possible that a couple of the winners just happened to get them with a quick pick but not likely.

Comment #45

mightwin1 — Sun, 03 May 2026 04:15:16 GMT

2 jackpot winners on a starting jackpot

Comment #44

Justing618 — Sun, 03 May 2026 01:54:42 GMT

Again that's your opinion. I just asked a simple question that required a simple answer.

Comment #43

Brock Lee — Sat, 02 May 2026 19:30:59 GMT

look again. the nj pattern is all in a row with no skips.

Comment #42

Brock Lee — Sat, 02 May 2026 19:29:27 GMT

not sure why so many people can't accept the most obvious explanation.

then again, we have a member who believes the lottery has been stalking him for 10 years...

Comment #41

billybucks — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:46 GMT

Look at row 5 on the slip for a clue. Hundreds of people pick a row and do this or play another type of pattern on those slips. It is a fluke but it came in on row 5 this time. I guarantee you if row 6, 8, or 2 numbers matched there would have been multiple winners also.

Comment #40

winterhug — Sat, 02 May 2026 13:06:15 GMT

Whatever Dude, you are probably one of the ones who are ALWAYS complaining about California always winning the jackpot. Now Kansas and Indiana split the jackpot with a bunch of other states getting 2nd and 3rd prize and YOU still complain. No one is forcing you to play the lottery, stop playing and quit complaining because people here do NOT want to hear it/read it. FYI, Indiana has won more Powerball jackpots than any other state, with 40 wins but NO one ever complains about that state. People

Comment #39

DoodleBug — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:17:49 GMT

It happened January 13, 2016. 91 players each won $1 million or more.

Comment #38

Bleudog101 — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:43:31 GMT

When I got up around 1 a.m. and saw the results from that drawing I immediately sent a news tip to Kat Todd. Not all states have Double Play, so who knows what that paid with that drawing.

Comment #37

TBFio07 — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:36:36 GMT

But 89 2nd place prize winning tickets doesn't happen until now

Comment #36

DELotteryPlyr — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:45:30 GMT

Maryland's PowerBall slip is the opposite - longer length-wise so the numbers DO NOT LINE UP and thus no winners from Maryland. If this is the case (that most players just made a straight line on the card) its hilarious and I am VERY happy for the many winners

Comment #35

KY Floyd — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:25:16 GMT

Here's proof that the drawing is random

This drawing is probably proof that plenty of people play patterns, and certain proof that certain numbers coming up results in a number of winners that's only random in that whatever factor caused them to choose their numbers happened to match one of the combinations in the small subset of combinations that match the possible patterns.

No 2nd prize winners from Texas? What's up with this?

CA, NY, and TX all have slips that don't let you choo... [ More ]

Comment #34

Brock Lee — Fri, 01 May 2026 23:25:05 GMT

you are walking at night in an area known for raccoons and you hear a noise in the bushes. do you think it is equally likely that the noise came from a raccoon as from a velociraptor?

someone else hearing the noise might say that's probably a raccoon, which is an opinion, but it's an opinion based on knowledge of how the world works. someone saying it could be a velociraptor is also expressing an opinion, but not a very good one.

Comment #33

Lottodreams — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:51:00 GMT

If an investigation is open (which it should be a must), we could figure it out.

Comment #32

Lottodreams — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:48:11 GMT

Not even with the big jackpots we've ever seen so many winners. This is wild and I agree, someone didn't do its job to keep those white balls under control, or there was a glitch and the same combination was thrown out too many times. Idk, but I'd say this is a good reason for the lottery to investigated. Not only they are not 'holding' the jackpots to a billion dollars anymore, but all of the sudden California is not that lucky. So this debunks the bs theory of 'lots of players in one place' in... [ More ]

Comment #31

Lottodreams — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:36:52 GMT

I find VERY hard to believe these states don't have enough funds to pay out. This wasn't a billion dollar each, so for a few million they should be good to go.

Comment #30

Todd — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:33:19 GMT

It would be cool to see them all in one place. Here's the NJ one we mentioned in the article.

Comment #29

Justing618 — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:59:01 GMT

Just cause it's patterns doesn't necessarily mean it was play slips. So was what was typed an opinion or fact

Comment #28

Brock Lee — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:57:56 GMT

a suggestion for todd and kate, if you have time to find pictures of powerball payslips for every state, i think you should do a follow up story to show how the numbers 3, 19, 35, 51, and 67 line up on all the different states' payslips. according to the discussion in the other forum, in some states they go down in a straight line, in some they're at a diagonal, and in some they're not lined up at all. i think that would explain why some states had a lot more second place winners than others.... [ More ]

Comment #27

BaltimoreRon — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:22:55 GMT

That information is not available anywhere is it

Comment #26

billybucks — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:11:20 GMT

Maybe you should have read the article. It was the patterns on certain states slips that caused it.

Comment #25

Tucker Black — Fri, 01 May 2026 08:04:39 GMT

They already are. Read the rules for your state.

Comment #24

mypiemaster — Fri, 01 May 2026 01:02:41 GMT

I hope they don't get greedy and creative, and put a limit on the maximum number of 2nd tier prices that can be won thereby making it parimutuel.

Comment #23

grwurston — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:53:21 GMT

Good thing it's not an RNG game or those patterns would now be deleted to prevent them from hitting again.

Comment #22

ShagE3 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:50:16 GMT

I wonder now ....,.

Hmmmm two jackpot winners ... eighty something runnerups ....,. could this have something to do with the asparagus I ate last Sunday that was served by a bald waiter wearing a terrible toupe?

Or could this strange occurrence be attributed to the lobster Mac and cheese I wolfed down on Monday ?

Have a shaggy day?

ShagE3

Comment #21

opt99$ — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:45:25 GMT

This won't happen in our life time again. Congrats

Comment #20

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:28:06 GMT

The reason for this unusual # of winners is not the layout of the slip but the winning numbers being straight down on some of those arrangements. And since each drawing is independent of the others with each combination having the exact same probability, any pattern, if it's been shared by multiple states has the potential for a similar scenario.

Comment #19

Justing618 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:15:46 GMT

I am super curious if these where quick picks. Or people picked the numbers..........

Comment #18

jimjwright — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:14:21 GMT

It's interesting that states may have to put some thought in how they arrange numbers on their play slips to eliminate pattern selections if they don't have in place rules protecting themselves with parimutuel payouts for large payouts.

I kind of remember Texas All or Nothing https://www.lotterypost.com/news/262005 having similar issues where they needed to add parimutuel to the rules for large payouts. Even though the article does not mention it I believe their play slips allowed you to sel... [ More ]

Comment #17

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:07:20 GMT

Mentioning a conspiracy while claiming no conspiracy is just pure irony.

If you'd spent enough time on the website you'd have seen dozens of them every time jackpot gets big. Just recently with someone claiming all the jackpots coming from one county in Michigan.

I agree with you on one thing. There has never been so many second tier winners on a small jackpot. And if you'd read the article you'd understand the reason behind it. It's the way the playslips are for a lot of the states.... [ More ]

Comment #16

ShagE3 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:58:06 GMT

This is C R A Z Y but I totally understand the pattern explanation.

I also wonder how many liverwurst or oliveloaf sandwiches were eaten before those winning tickets were bought?

And consequently how many more of the aforementioned sandwiches will be eaten before the next big drawing?

Have a shaggy day!

ShagE3

Comment #15

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:56:22 GMT

So are dozens of other states including Michigan. What's your point

Comment #14

Tony Numbers — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:27:44 GMT

Once again New York a high volume in sales was not included in the winnings

Comment #13

Rigged50 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:26:42 GMT

The fact you have to post this is telling because i don't see anyone mentioning conspiracies; who do you work for the lottery? There has never been this many winners from a small drawing ever. Its only the very large ones that have these amount of winners because of the sheer amount of tickets purchased. This drawing smells like a big fat rat from a mile away; no wonder less and less people are buying tickets.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:24:37 GMT

* Nothing like getting something back from the lottery.

Comment #11

Droptop209 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:22:46 GMT

Congrats to those winners. Rarity to see that many 2nd prize PB winners even during the billion dollar up PB jackpots.

Comment #10

BEZ22 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:41:29 GMT

Wow..what a Blessing, congratulations

Comment #9

jimjwright — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:46 GMT

The Texas Powerball play slip does not have the pattern that other state winners used to win. It all comes down to how the white balls are organized for selection on the powerball slip for your individual state.

Comment #8

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Comment #7

justAndy1970 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:50:22 GMT

This is very interesting. No 2nd prize winners from Texas? What's up with this

Comment #6

mypiemaster — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:47:58 GMT

If we keep winning like this, the lottery suits will start crying and ticket prices will be bumped up to $10.00 or more.

Comment #5

GiveFive — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:46:00 GMT

An official explanation of how and why it happened would be nice to know.

But to my mind, the big question is will the individual state prize pools have a sufficient amount of funds available to pay $115 million? (total across all states that participate in PB with a set second prize) to pay all second place prize winners either 1 million, or if the player bought the Power Play option, $2 million.

My guess is that some states will have adequate funding to cover the full second prize pay... [ More ]

Comment #4

justAndy1970 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:44:43 GMT

If they choose Power Play then yes. If they didn't chose Power Play then no. Taxes, taxes, taxes...

Comment #3

JADELottery — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:36:41 GMT

Top 10 Total 5 + 0 Wins

Total Occurrence Interval Draws Jackpot Winners State Winners

5 + 0 Index Date Days Year Month Day A B C D E PB xN Annuity Cash Sales Total 5 + 1 5 + 0 4 + 1 4 + 0 3 + 1 3 + 0 2 + 1 1 + 1 0 + 1 5 + 1 5 + 0 5 + 0

Wins Total Regular Power Play All -xN +xN -xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN +xN -xN -xN +xN

1 89 1525 740100 2026 4 29 03 19 35 51 67 15 2 $143,000,000 $65,200,000 $21,340,047 $18,886,422 $2,453,625 361,663 268,353... [ More ]

Comment #2

mypiemaster — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:35:43 GMT

This is totally insane in a good way. Many winning records must have been broken in many states. Multiple millionaires created in multiple states in one day. This is how I've always pictured the lottery to work . This will help put some of the naysayers to bed. Congrats to all the winners. This is historic .

Comment #1

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:31:19 GMT

To all those with crazy conspiracy theories,

Here's proof that the drawing is random and doesn't depend on how many people are actually playing.

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:02:03 GMT

Numbers drawn corresponded to patterns on play slips

By Kate Northrop

There was an unusually large number of winners in last night's Powerball drawing, including Indiana and Kansas winners who split the $143.4 million jackpot, and 89 tickets that won the $1 million second-tier prize.

Wednesday's Powerball drawing was a frenzy, with 89 winners across the US raking in a second-tier prize and two jackpot winners sharing a $143.4 million jackpot.

The April 29 draw produced results 3,... [ More ]