California Player Wins Match 5 Prize as Powerball Jackpot Reaches $86M

A player in California has won a Match 5 prize from the Wednesday drawing of the Powerball game. However, the drawing did not award the game’s top prize as no one succeeded in matching all six winning numbers.

California Player Won the Second-Tier Prize

For context, the jackpot for the May 13 drawing stood at $70 million. A hypothetical winner could have either picked the annuity option for the full sum or the one-time lump-sum option for $31.6 million.

However, this did not happen since players couldn’t hit all six winning numbers. For context, the winning combination for yesterday’s drawing was 22-31-52-56-67. The Powerball was 15 and the Power Play multiplier was 2x.

While no one matched all numbers, a few players succeeded in matching five of them. As mentioned, one player in California matched the five white numbers to win a Match 5 prize. While the usual Match 5 prize is $1 million ($2 million with Power Play), the player will take home $470,739 due to the fact that the California Lottery modifies the prizes based on the number of tickets sold.

At the same time, Powerball reported that a total of 9 players have matched four white numbers plus the red Powerball to win the game’s third-tier prize. Two of these lucky ticket-holders had the Power Play feature active and will take home $100,000 each. The rest will get $50,000 each.

The jackpot has now reached $86 million with a cash option of $38.8 million. The next drawing will take place on May 16.

Two Jackpots Landed Several Days Ago

The Match 5 prize in California followed a short slowdown when no one managed to match the five white numbers for a few drawings. This was not all too surprising since it followed a busy period for the game.

Powerball has so far awarded 5 jackpots in 2026, with the two most recent ones happening only a few weeks ago.

The first of these saw two winners share a $143 million prize, but the real highlight of that drawing was the fact that dozens of players across America won Match 5 prizes. This happened due to the fact that the winning numbers matched common player patterns.

The next drawing saw Powerball award yet another jackpot, marking the first time two jackpots have been won in a row since 2021.