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TRENTON (January 22, 2026) – The Powerball jackpot was won Wednesday night in North Carolina as a single player matched all five white balls and the Power Ball to capture the $209 million jackpot.

The winning numbers were 11, 26, 27, 53, and 55. The Power Ball was 12, and the multiplier was 02. The cash value of the prize is $95.3 million.

The jackpot comes almost a month after an Arkansas player won $1.7 billion on Christmas Eve. New Jersey Lottery players cashed in big during the multi-state game’s latest jackpot run, which had 12 draws, as 10 players won prizes of at least $50,000. Among those, an Essex County player won $1 million, and a Burlington County player won $250,000 on Monday; an Ocean County player won $500,000 on Jan. 10.

Meanwhile, the Double Play drawing is a separate event for players who opted in for the Double Play feature on their Powerball tickets. No player won the top prize, which is $10 million. The Double Play drawing’s numbers were 16, 20, 28, 36 and 52; the Double Play ball was 12.

The top Powerball jackpots of all time:

• $2.04 billion: Nov. 7, 2022, California;
• $1.817 billion: Dec. 24, 2025, Arkansas;
• $1.8 billion: Sept. 6, 2025, Missouri, Texas;
• $1.765 billion: Oct. 11, 2023, California;
• $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016, California, Florida, Tennessee;
• $1.326 billion: April 6, 2024, Oregon;
• $1.08 billion: July 19, 2023, California.

New Jersey Powerball Winners Since 2018:

• Dec. 2, 2025: $90 Million, Union City, Hudson County;
• 2024: $221 Million, Lindenwold, Camden County;
• 2019: $274 Million, Philipsburg, Warren County;
• 2018: $315.3 Million, Hackensack, Bergen County.

New Jersey Mega Millions Winners Since 2018:

• 2024: $1.13 Billion, Neptune, Ocean County;
• 2020: $123 million, Bayonne, Hudson County;
• 2019: $202 million, Edison, Middlesex County;
• 2019: $273 million, Alpha, Warren County;
• 2018: $533 million, Vernon, Sussex County.
• 2015: $106 million won by a group of five friends from Yonkers, N.Y., and Basking Ridge, Morris County.

More About the New Jersey Lottery

Since its inception in 1970, the Lottery has contributed nearly $34.7 billion to the State, helping to support many worthwhile programs and services. Lottery profits currently help bolster the public employee pension system under a 30-year agreement signed into law in 2017.