what to watch for
The next Powerball drawing is set to take place on Wednesday night. The next Mega Millions draw is scheduled for Tuesday, with the jackpot soaring to $637 million.
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big number
1-in-292.2 million. Those are the abysmal odds a Powerball ticket buyer will need to overcome to win the jackpot. This is even worse than the Mega Millions jackpot’s odds of 1-in-290.4 million.
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Key Background
The ongoing $637 million Mega Millions jackpot is on track to be the biggest lottery prize of the year so far. In March, a Mega Millions ticket sold in Illinois won a $533 million jackpot—the only other lottery prize of 2026 to exceed $500 million. The biggest claimed Powerball jackpot of the year so far is a $250.8 million prize won by a lottery player from Arkansas.
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