One lucky player in NC walked away with $209,000,000 Powerball jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing

Texas Powerball lottery News and Payout for Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 Drawing

One ticket matched all 6 numbers in Wednesday, January 21st, 2026's Texas Powerball drawing to win the projected $209,000,000 grand prize, according to lottery officials. The winning ticket was purchased in NC. The numbers from Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 drawing were 11-26-27-53-55 with Power Ball 12. The holder of the winning ticket will now need to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity, or the one time cash lump-sum in the amount of $95.2 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, put it in a secure place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to choose the cash value of the jackpot while claimng the prizes. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.

Besides the grand prize won on Wednesday, January 21st, 2026, more players walked away with huge pile of cash. 9 3rd prize winning tickets were sold across the nation. These included 8 tickets that matched four white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000.

In addition, 207 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $100. There were 79 tickets matched 4 white ball with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to a total win of $200 each! 606 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, plus the Powerball number. These tickets are also each worth $100. There were 225 tickets matched 3+1 with Power Play option, doubled the prizes to win a total win of $200 each.

With 9 prize levels, there were 463,884 tickets nationwide won \$0 prizes in the Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 drawing.

The jackpot of next TX Powerball lottery drawing goes to an estimated $20,000,000 with the cash option at $$9.1 million for Saturday, January 24th, 2026.

Powerball is an American popular lottery game sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Each play costs $2. Players can choose to spend $1 extra to purchase the Power Play, which multiplies the prizes but not grand prize. The overall odds of winning any prizes are about 1 to 32. The chances of winning Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments in 29 years. Winners can select one time lump-sum cash payout instead.

There were 20,684 Powerball winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Powerball prize payout highlights for the Wednesday, January 21st, 2026's drawing.

• 15 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $100 each.
• 37 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball and won $100 each.
• 916 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $7 each.
• 807 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball and won $7 each.
• 5797 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball and won $4 each.
• 13112 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only and won $4 each.
• 8 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
• 29 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
• 630 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
• 559 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
• 4209 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.
• 9774 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.

U.S.A. Powerball Payout 2026-01-21 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Powerball $209,000,000.00 1 NC-1 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball $50,000.00 8 4 of 5 $100.00 207 3 of 5 + Powerball $100.00 606 3 of 5 $7.00 14,788 2 of 5 + Powerball $7.00 12,526 1 of 5 + Powerball $4.00 95,554 Powerball Only $4.00 219,172 With Power Play Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 with Power Play $2,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $100,000.00 1 4 of 5 with Power Play $200.00 79 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $200.00 225 3 of 5 with Power Play $14.00 5,337 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $14.00 4,479 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $8.00 33,772 Powerball Only with Power Play $8.00 77,129 Texas Powerball Payout 2026-01-21 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Powerball $209,000,000.00 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball $50,000.00 0 4 of 5 $100.00 15 3 of 5 + Powerball $100.00 37 3 of 5 $7.00 916 2 of 5 + Powerball $7.00 807 1 of 5 + Powerball $4.00 5,797 Powerball Only $4.00 13,112 With Power Play Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 with Power Play $2,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $100,000.00 0 4 of 5 with Power Play $200.00 8 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $200.00 29 3 of 5 with Power Play $14.00 630 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $14.00 559 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $8.00 4,209 Powerball Only with Power Play $8.00 9,774