A Powerball player in California won $79,140, just missing the $177 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, May 26, the California Lottery site said.

The Powerball jackpot rose to $177 million ahead of Monday's drawing. Check here for the winning numbers for May 26, 2025.

Someone bought a Powerball ticket at a Lowcountry grocery store that was one number shy of winning the game’s grand prize, South Carolina Education Lottery officials said Tuesday in a news release. There’s some consolation for coming so close, the ticket buyer will be awarded a $100,000 jackpot, according to the release.

More than 290,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. The Powerball jackpot was last won April 26, when a Kentucky player hit the $167 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

Here are Monday’s winning lottery numbers: The estimated Powerball jackpot is $177 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $77.8 million.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $189 million. A ticket with five numbers,