Powerball jackpot at $288 million, winning numbers for Saturday, July 19

The Powerball jackpot is $288 million for the Saturday, July 19 drawing, with a cash option of $128.8 million.
Drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 11 p.m. ET.
Florida winners have 180 days to claim prizes, with 60 days to choose the cash option.

Will a $2 Powerball ticket make you a multimillionaire? As they say in the lottery business, “it could happen to you.”

After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Wednesday, July 16, Powerball drawing, the jackpot jumped to $288 million for Saturday, July 19. If there’s a winner, the one-time lump sum would be $128.8 million. The winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Saturday, July 19, were 28-48-51-61-69 and the Powerball was 20. Power Play was 3x.

In case you’re wondering, Wednesday’s winning numbers were 4-21-43-48-49 and the Powerball was 22. Power Play was 2x.

Tickets start at $2 a piece. Below is what to know about lottery odds, how long to claim the cash option if you bought a ticket in Florida, and what happens to unclaimed prize money, according to the Florida Lottery.

Good luck!

What were the winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, July 19, 2025?

Powerball drawings are at 11 p.m. ET Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. The winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Saturday, July 19, were 28-48-51-61-69 and the Powerball was 20. Power Play was 3x.

After weeks of rollovers, the last Powerball streak ended Saturday, May 31, 2025, when a ticket in California matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win an estimated $207 million jackpot. That prize had a cash option of $92.7 million, according to the Powerball website.

Tickets purchased in Florida and New Hampshire also won big, they both matched 5 plus the Power Play for $2 million prizes. The Florida Quick Pick ticket came from Peacock Liquor, 270 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

Below is a recap of Powerball drawings and how long it took to grow from $20 million to the current prize.

When is the next Powerball drawing? What are the chances of winning Powerball lottery?

Powerball drawings are held at 11 p.m. ET Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. According to Powerball.com, players have a 1 in 292.2 million chance to match all six numbers. Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies.

The next Powerball drawing will be Monday, July 21.

Prizes for Florida Lottery must be claimed within 180 days (six months) from the date of the drawing. To claim a single-payment cash option, a winner has within the first 60 days after the applicable draw date to claim it.

The Florida Lottery says its scratch-off tickets and Fast Play game prizes “must be claimed within 60 days of the official end-of-game date. Once the applicable time period has elapsed, the related Florida Lottery ticket will expire.”

Can Florida lottery winners remain anonymous?

According to Florida Lottery’s website, winners cannot remain anonymous: “Florida law mandates that the Florida Lottery provide records containing information such as the winner’s name, city of residence; game won, date won, and amount won to any third party who requests the information.”

However, the site states, the “names of lottery winners claiming prizes of $250,000 or greater will be temporarily exempt from public disclosure for 90 days from the date the prize is claimed, unless otherwise waived by the winner.”

Lottery experts and lawyers have said there are ways to remain anonymous if you win.

What are the Top 10 biggest Powerball jackpots in history?

Here are the Top 10 Powerball jackpots in the history of the game as of July 19, 2025:

10. $731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland
9. $754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington
8. $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts
7. $768.4 million — March 27, 2019; Wisconsin
6. $842.4 million — Jan. 1, 2024; Michigan
5. $1.08 billion — July 19, 2023; California
4. $1.33 billion — April 6, 2024; Oregon
3. $1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida and Tennessee
2. $1.765 billion Powerball drawing — Oct. 11, 2023; California
1. $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California

When did lotto jackpots hit $1 billion or more for Mega Millions and Powerball? What are the biggest lottery jackpots in US history?

As of July 19, 2025, there have been 12 lottery jackpots that have reached or surpassed $1 billion. Only once has a jackpot surpassed $2 billion. These are the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history.

$2.04 billion Powerball prize, Nov. 7, 2022, Edwin Castro of Altadena, California
$1.73 billion Powerball prize, Oct. 11, 2023, Theodorus Struyck of California (ticket purchased at Midway Market in California)
$1.586 billion Powerball prize, Jan. 13, 2016, Marvin and Mae Acosta of California, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Melbourne Beach, Florida, and John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee
$1.58 billion Mega Millions prize, Aug. 8, 2023, Saltines Holdings LLC of Miami, Florida
$1.537 billion Mega Millions prize, Oct. 23, 2018, won by an anonymous player in South Carolina
$1.348 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 13, 2023, LaKoma Island Investments, LLC, with the ticket purchased in Lebanon, Maine
$1.337 billion Mega Millions prize, July 29, 2022, won by an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Illinois
$1.326 billion Powerball prize, April 6, 2024, Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Chao of Oregon
$1.269 billion Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, Rosemary Casarotti of California
$1.128 billion Mega Millions prize, March 26, 2024, won by an anonymous winner in New Jersey with the ticket purchased at ShopRite Liquor No. 781 in Neptune Township, New Jersey
$1.08 billion Powerball prize, July 19, 2023, Yanira Alvarez of California
$1.050 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 22, 2021, won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan

(This story was updated to include new information.)

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