The Powerball jackpot remains unclaimed as it nears a total of $800 million.
The lottery jackpot was an estimated $740 million, with a cash option of $346.1 million, for the Monday, Dec. 1 drawing. With no jackpot winner, it continues to grow.
The last time the jackpot was won was on Sept. 6, 2025, when two players from Missouri and Texas won the $1.787 billion prize. It is the second-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Here are Monday’s winning numbers.
The winning numbers for the Monday, Dec. 1, drawing are 5, 18, 26, 47, 59 with the Powerball being 1 and the Power Play being 3x.
The next Powerball drawing is Wednesday, Dec. 3, at approximately 10:59 p.m. ET/9:59 CT. Powerball has three drawings each week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
The jackpot ahead of the Dec. 3 drawing has reached an estimated $775 million, with a lump sum payment estimated at $362.5 million, according to powerball.com.
The current jackpot will be the eighth-largest in Powerball history.
The chances of winning big are pretty slim.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot — no matter the size — are around 1 in 292.2 million.
Having Powerball or Mega Millions hit the $1 billion mark is no longer as uncommon as it once was.
In the last five years, there have been eight jackpots between Mega Millions and Powerball that have gone over the $1 billion mark. And three of those happened in 2023, and two occurred in 2024.
The highest lottery jackpot was won in November 2022, amounting to $2.04 billion. It was the second jackpot over $1 billion that year. Before that, the only other times a jackpot hit over a billion were in 2021, 2018 and 2016.
The latest jackpot has broken into the eight highest ever jackpots in the history of Powerball.
Here are the nation’s all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
Jordan Green covers trending news for The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at jordan.green@commercialappeal.com.