Powerball: Winning ticket for $847 million jackpot sold in New Jersey

One ticket in New Jersey matched all of the numbers to win an $847 million jackpot in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.Read more trending news It was the ninth-largest grand prize in the history of the promotion, jumping $12 million from the advertised $835 million heading into the drawing because of increased sales.The numbers drawn on Wednesday were 15-34-41-53-56 and the red Powerball was 21. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.The jackpot had an estimated cash value of $363.1 million.It is the 13th time the Powerball has been won in New Jersey, according to NorthJersey.com. It was unclear where the ticket was purchased in the Garden State.The grand prize was the second-largest Powerball jackpot of 2026, lottery officials said. It grew just two months after a player in Illinois won a $1.040 billion jackpot on Aug. 12.“Back-to-back jackpot runs resulting in prizes of this magnitude are a testament to the excitement Powerball generates,” Stephen Durrell, Chair of the Powerball Product Group