A winner from AR scored $249,000,000 jackpot from the Powerball drawing Monday night

Texas Powerball News and Payout for Monday, March 2nd, 2026 Drawing

A single lucky person bought a Texas Powerball ticket that matched all 5 numbers and the Powerball to clinch a $249,000,000 grand prize. Lottery officials stated the winning ticket in Monday night's drawing was sold in AR. The numbers drawn Monday night, March 2nd, 2026 were 02-17-18-38-62 with Power Ball 20. The winning ticket holder will have the option of annuity payments for the entire prize amount of $249,000,000, or the cash payment in the amount of $117.2 million before tax withholding. The grand prize winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a safe place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity 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 jackpot won on Monday, a lot more people walked away with large winnings. There was a single lucky ticket matched the first 5 lotto numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the second prize. The one second prize ticket(s) from PR matched all 5 white ball numbers and also bought Power Play, which doubled the prize to $2,000,000 cash win!

In addition, 3 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. 2 additional players not just matched 4+1, but additionally purchased the Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!

With 9 different prize tiers, the Monday night's drawing created 358,775 winning tickets across the nation with a total amount of \$0 prizes.

The upcoming Texas Powerball lottery jackpot is estimated at $20,000,000 for Wednesday, March 4th, 2026. The cash option stands at $$9.4 million.

Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The odds of winning are about 1 to 32. The chances of matching all six Powerball numbers are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball advertised grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment payments. Winners can select one lump sum cash payout option instead.

There were 13,954 Powerball winning tickets sold in the state of Texas. Find below the TX Powerball prize payout highlights for the Monday, March 2nd, 2026's drawing.

• 10 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $100 each.
• 25 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball and won $100 each.
• 609 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 and won $7 each.
• 481 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball and won $7 each.
• 3898 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball and won $4 each.
• 8931 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only and won $4 each.
• 5 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
• 16 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $200 each.
• 469 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
• 369 ticket(s) matched 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $14 each.
• 2811 ticket(s) matched 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.
• 6646 ticket(s) matched Powerball Only with Power Play with PowerPlay purchased and won $8 each.

U.S.A. Powerball Payout 2026-03-02 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Powerball $249,000,000.00 1 AR-1 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball $50,000.00 3 4 of 5 $100.00 190 3 of 5 + Powerball $100.00 453 3 of 5 $7.00 12,151 2 of 5 + Powerball $7.00 9,541 1 of 5 + Powerball $4.00 73,336 Powerball Only $4.00 171,055 With Power Play Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 with Power Play $2,000,000.00 1 PR-1 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $100,000.00 2 4 of 5 with Power Play $200.00 66 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $200.00 171 3 of 5 with Power Play $14.00 4,220 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $14.00 3,356 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $8.00 25,610 Powerball Only with Power Play $8.00 58,619 Texas Powerball Payout 2026-03-02 Match Prize Amount # of Winners 5 of 5 + Powerball $249,000,000.00 0 5 of 5 $1,000,000.00 0 4 of 5 + Powerball $50,000.00 0 4 of 5 $100.00 10 3 of 5 + Powerball $100.00 25 3 of 5 $7.00 609 2 of 5 + Powerball $7.00 481 1 of 5 + Powerball $4.00 3,898 Powerball Only $4.00 8,931 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 5 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $200.00 16 3 of 5 with Power Play $14.00 469 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $14.00 369 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play $8.00 2,811 Powerball Only with Power Play $8.00 6,646