Someone from Western New York just scored A LOT of money. A 3rd place jackpot winner is somewhere in Western New York and they bought the ticket in Middleport, New York.

The 3rd place prize is worth $50,000. The winning ticket was sold at Chapman's Market, located at 9202 Ridge Road in Middleport, NY.

Nobody won the Powerball jackpot over the weekend therefore the Powerball Lottery will happen tonight on Monday, August 25, 2025 just before 11 PM. The estimated jackpot for the Powerball Lottery is now 750 million dollars which is the 10th biggest jackpot in the game's history.

How much is the cash payout if you won the ultimate jackpot for Powerball?

the estimated cash payout is $338.6 million if you won the $750 million. Do you ever think what you would do with the money? How you would split it up? We all have done that before.

How much is a Powerball ticket?

The Powerball tickets are still 2 bucks and then you have the options to play double play and more.

The lottery tickets are now $5

Tickets for the New York Mega Millions is now 5 bucks per ticket. The idea was that the jackpots would get much higher, faster.

The winning numbers in the Saturday, Aug. 23 Powerball drawing were white balls 11, 14, 34, 47, 51 and red Powerball 18. The Power Play multiplier was 2.

While the Mega Millions jackpot has gotten pretty high in the past few years, it seems like the Powerball Lottery has gotten the biggest, notable jackpots in recent years. Here are the top 10 Powerball Jackpots in the game's history previous to this game.

What is the highest Powerball Jackpot of all time and their winner's state:

  1. $2.04 billion on November 7, 2022 (California)
  2. $1.765 billion on October 11, 2023 (California)
  3. $1.586 billion on January 13, 2016 (California, Florida, Tennessee)
  4. $1.326 billion on April 6, 2024 (Oregon)
  5. $1.08 billion on July 19, 2023 (California)
  6. $842.4 million on January 1, 2024 (Michigan)
  7. $768.4 million on March 27, 2019 (Wisconsin)
  8. $758.7 million on August 23, 2017 (Massachusetts)
  9. $754.6 million on February 6, 2023 (Washington)
  10. $731.1 million on January 20, 2021 (Maryland) 

 

Best 11 Places To Buy A Lottery Ticket In Western New York

Western New York seems to be a lucky place, and there have been quite a few lottery winners over the last several years. Here are the 11 places where people have won big numbers from the New York State Lottery.

Gallery Credit: Kadie Daye, Google Maps

 

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