Winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, May 28, $189 million jackpot just after Memorial Day
Will a $2 Powerball ticket make you a multimillionaire days after the Memorial Day holiday? As they say in the lottery business, 'it could happen to you.'
After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Monday, May 26, drawing, the jackpot jumped to $189 million for Wednesday, May 28. Monday, May 26, 2025, was the Memorial Day holiday. Since this is a story about numbers, it's worth noting both dates, May 26 and May 28, are palindromes. May 26, 2025 and May 28, 2025, make a palindrome when written in this fashion, 5/26/25 and 5/28/25, meaning the date has the same sequence when read from left to right and right to left.
The $189 million Powerball jackpot has a cash option of $83.1 million, according to the site. Wednesday, May 28, winning numbers were 23-27-32-35-59 and the Powerball was 11. Power Play was 2x. We'll see if there's a winner or another rollover.
In case you're wondering, Monday's winning numbers were 13-47-52-64-67 and the Powerball was 25. Power Play was 2x. Though those numbers created another rollover, it wasn't all bad news: A player in Oregon did become a Memorial Day lottery winner with one ticket matching five numbers and the Power Play to win $2 million.
Tickets start at $2 a piece. Below is what to know about lottery odds, how long to claim the cash option if you bought a ticket in Florida, and what happens to unclaimed prize money, according to the Florida Lottery.
Good luck!
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Powerball drawings are at 11 p.m. EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. Wednesday, May 28, winning Powerball numbers were 23-27-32-35-59 and the Powerball was 11. Power Play was 2x. We'll see if there's a Powerball lottery winner days after Memorial Day or another chance at a higher jackpot.
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After weeks of rollovers, the last Powerball streak ended Saturday, April 26, 2025, when a ticket purchased in Kentucky matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. Below is a recap of Powerball drawings and how long it took to grow from $20 million to the current prize.
Wednesday, May 28: $189 million
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26: $177 million
Saturday, May 24: $163 million
Wednesday, May 21: $146 million
Monday, May 19: $134 million
Saturday, May 17: $123 million
Wednesday, May 14: $106 million
Monday, May 12: $92 million
Saturday, May 10: $82 million
Wednesday, May 7: $65 million
Monday, May 5, Cinco de Mayo, $54 million
Saturday, May 3: $44 million
Wednesday, April 30: $30 million
Monday, April 28: $20 million
Grand prize indeed! Powerball winner Edwin Castro publicly claimed $2.04 billion jackpot — on Valentine's Day
Powerball drawings are held at 11 p.m. EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. According to Powerball.com, players have a 1 in 292.2 million chance to match all six numbers. Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies.
The next Powerball drawing will be Saturday, May 31. If there's a rollover for that drawing, the next chance to win would be on Monday, June 2.
Prizes for Florida Lottery must be claimed within 180 days (six months) from the date of the drawing. To claim a single-payment cash option, a winner has within the first 60 days after the applicable draw date to claim it.
The Florida Lottery says its scratch-off tickets and Fast Play game prizes "must be claimed within 60 days of the official end-of-game date. Once the applicable time period has elapsed, the related Florida Lottery ticket will expire."
According to Florida Lottery's website, winners cannot remain anonymous: "Florida law mandates that the Florida Lottery provide records containing information such as the winner's name, city of residence; game won, date won, and amount won to any third party who requests the information."
However, the site states, the "names of lottery winners claiming prizes of $250,000 or greater will be temporarily exempt from public disclosure for 90 days from the date the prize is claimed, unless otherwise waived by the winner."
Lottery experts and lawyers have said there are ways to remain anonymous if you win.
Who won, how long did it take to win Powerball, Mega Millions and those billion-dollar jackpots?
Here are the Top 10 Powerball jackpots in the history of the game as of May 28, 2025:
10. $731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland
9. $754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington
8. $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts
7. $768.4 million — March 27, 2019; Wisconsin
6. $842.4 million — Jan. 1, 2024; Michigan
5. $1.08 billion — July 19, 2023; California
4. $1.33 billion — April 6, 2024; Oregon
3. $1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida and Tennessee
2. $1.765 billion Powerball drawing — Oct. 11, 2023; California
1. $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California
As of May 28, 2025, there have been 12 lottery jackpots that have reached or surpassed $1 billion. Only once has a jackpot surpassed $2 billion. These are the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history.
$2.04 billion Powerball prize, Nov. 7, 2022, Edwin Castro of Altadena, California
$1.73 billion Powerball prize, Oct. 11, 2023, Theodorus Struyck of California (ticket purchased at Midway Market in California)
$1.586 billion Powerball prize, Jan. 13, 2016, Marvin and Mae Acosta of California, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Melbourne Beach, Florida, and John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee
$1.58 billion Mega Millions prize, Aug. 8, 2023, Saltines Holdings LLC of Miami, Florida
$1.537 billion Mega Millions prize, Oct. 23, 2018, won by an anonymous player in South Carolina
$1.348 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 13, 2023, LaKoma Island Investments, LLC, with the ticket purchased in Lebanon, Maine
$1.337 billion Mega Millions prize, July 29, 2022, won by an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Illinois
$1.326 billion Powerball prize, April 6, 2024, Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Chao of Oregon
$1.269 billion Mega Millions, Dec. 27, 2024, Rosemary Casarotti of California
$1.128 billion Mega Millions prize, March 26, 2024, won by an anonymous winner in New Jersey with the ticket purchased at ShopRite Liquor No. 781 in Neptune Township, New Jersey
$1.08 billion Powerball prize, July 19, 2023, Yanira Alvarez of California
$1.050 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 22, 2021, won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Anyone win Powerball lottery for Wednesday, May 28, 2025?
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