CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is continuing its steady climb upward, sitting at $565 million for the drawing on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Despite the impressive number, it still doesn’t crack the top 10 for largest Powerball jackpots in history. The largest was a $2.04 billion prize won in California in November 2022.

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An Ohio woman won a huge lottery prize but will take home less than half the winnings. The anonymous woman played the $50 VIP Millions scratch-off game and won $40,000 a year for life, according to the Ohio Lottery. The woman chose to receive the cash one-time lump sum of $500,000 instead of the yearly amount for the full prize, the lottery said.