Powerball rolls over again as $498 million draw yields no jackpot winner

ORLANDO, FL — Jul 13, 2026

The Powerball drawing on Monday night produced no grand-prize winner, sending the jackpot rolling into the next draw and extending a streak of consecutive draws without a top-tier claimant. The winning numbers were 5, 25, 36, 40, 48, with Powerball 3 and a 2x Power Play multiplier. While no ticket matched all six numbers, the draw generated secondary winners across multiple prize tiers, including 10 tickets that matched five white balls plus the Power Play option for $100,000 each.

The $498 million advertised jackpot for Monday's drawing converts to roughly $213.2 million in cash value, according to the official drawing results. The absence of a jackpot winner is notable in the context of recent Powerball history — the game has seen extended rollover streaks in 2024 and early 2025, but a four-month span of draws without a top winner remains statistically ordinary, not alarming. Each drawing carries jackpot odds of 1 in 292,201,338, making the occurrence unsurprising over hundreds of consecutive draws.

Winning numbers in context

The ball set — 5, 25, 36, 40, 48 — contains no numbers below 5 and no numbers above 48, a configuration that avoids both the very lowest and very highest regions of the white-ball range (1–69). The gaps between consecutive balls are uneven: six between 5 and 25, 11 between 25 and 36, four between 36 and 40, and eight between 40 and 48. This distribution pattern is neither clustered nor evenly spaced, which is to say it is typical. Over thousands of Powerball drawings, no truly meaningful pattern emerges in the numbers themselves — each draw is independent, and the ball machine has no memory.

The Powerball itself, 3, is in the lower half of the 1–26 range for the bonus ball. It appeared in Monday's draw with the 2x Power Play multiplier active, which doubled certain secondary prizes for tickets that had purchased that add-on. The combination of Powerball 3 and a 2x multiplier has no historical significance; it is simply one of many possible outcomes in a game designed to produce randomly distributed results across multiple prize tiers.

Secondary prize breakdown

The draw did produce meaningful payouts across the secondary tiers. Ten tickets matched all five white balls and the Power Play option, earning $100,000 each — double the standard $1 million second-tier prize. A full accounting of winners appears in the official results: 243 tickets matched four white balls plus the Powerball for $50,000; 621 tickets matched four white balls without the Powerball for $100; and 15,331 tickets won $7 for matching three white balls plus the Powerball.

The concentration of winners at the lower tiers — $4, $7, $14 — reflects the mathematical structure of the game. As the number of balls matched decreases, the odds of that outcome improve dramatically, and the quantity of tickets holding winning combinations grows in inverse proportion. A player who buys a single ticket faces a roughly 1-in-25 chance of winning something (any prize, any amount), but that "something" is typically $4 or $7. The expected value remains negative; the game transfers wealth from players to state education budgets and lottery administrative costs, by design.

What the rollover means for the next draw

Powerball draws on Wednesday, July 15, with a new advertised jackpot of approximately $540 million — the $498 million from Monday's draw plus the standard rollover increase. The exact amount will be announced after ticket sales close on the eve of the next draw. Jackpots grow at a rate determined by ticket volume and interest-rate assumptions on the annuity option; each rollover without a winner adds roughly 5 to 8 percent to the previous jackpot, depending on sales velocity.

A jackpot in the $500 million to $550 million range typically attracts elevated ticket sales, though not the surge seen during jackpots exceeding $1 billion. Historical data from the Multi-State Lottery Association shows that sales increase by 30 to 40 percent when jackpots cross $400 million, then level off until the jackpot approaches or exceeds $700 million. The uptick in play creates a feedback loop: higher ticket sales increase the probability of a future winner, but they also increase the size of the jackpot that winner would claim.

Historical context: Where does $540 million rank?

A $540 million Powerball jackpot is substantial but not exceptional. The largest Powerball jackpot on record is the $2.04 billion prize claimed in November 2022 in California. In 2025 alone, Powerball jackpots topped $500 million on at least three occasions — in February ($534 million), May ($614 million), and September ($557 million). The $498 million draw on July 13, 2026 sits in the upper quartile of all Powerball jackpots ever offered, but below the threshold at which media coverage and casual-player interest spike noticeably.

The current rollover streak — now spanning at least two draws — is unremarkable. The longest rollover streak in Powerball history extended to 41 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner, ending in May 2024 when a Colorado ticket claimed a $1.32 billion prize. Streaks of five, ten, or even twenty consecutive draws without a top winner occur regularly, and statistically, they should.

Prize distribution and player odds

Monday's draw awarded prizes across all nine prize tiers, from the $1 million second-place prize down to the $4 straight. The distribution is consistent with typical Powerball results: the lower tiers account for the vast majority of tickets won, while the higher tiers remain rare. According to the official results, over 102,000 tickets won $4, the lowest non-zero prize tier, while fewer than 400 tickets won $50,000 or more. This concentration at the bottom tier explains why most players who "win" the lottery break even or lose money in the long run.

The odds of winning any prize on a single Powerball ticket are approximately 1 in 25. The odds of winning $4 or more are fractionally better, roughly 1 in 15. These figures matter because they shape player expectations: a ticket that "wins" is often a ticket that cost $2 and returned $4, netting the player two dollars. Over time, this math compounds against the player. Spending only what a player can afford to lose without affecting household finances is the only responsible framework for any lottery play, regardless of jackpot size.

What's next

The Wednesday, July 15 Powerball drawing will reset the game for another shot at a nine-figure jackpot. Ticket sales close at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time, and the drawing will take place shortly after. If no jackpot winner emerges from that draw, the jackpot will climb past $600 million into the next week, potentially reaching the threshold where casual players and media attention both spike sharply. History suggests that a jackpot in the $700 million to $1 billion range will eventually be won; it is simply a matter of time and probability working themselves out across millions of tickets sold.

Sources

• Powerball July 13, 2026 draw results: powerball.com/draw-result
• Multi-State Lottery Association Powerball game rules and odds: musl.com/powerball
• Powerball prize structure and probability reference: powerball.com/games