Saturday Powerball Win Confirmed by Texas Lottery

After taking Friday night off for a very lackluster winners sheet in the Mega Millions game on Friday, the Texas Lottery can unofficially confirm that Lady Luck was back in Texas for the Saturday night Powerball Game.  Both Powerball and Lotto Texas with Extra! had sizeable jackpots to play for on Saturday and here is how last night's big lottery drawings affected you and other Texans financially.

Lotto Texas with Extra has not had a jackpot winner since June of last year when a ticket sold in Austin claimed the top prize. Powerball has gotten a jackpot winner already this month. A ticket sold in Oregon claimed that prize. The most recent big Powerball wins in Texas were a $150,000 win in Schertz and a $2 million winner sold in Victoria.

Saturday's Powerball jackpot was estimated to be $88.4 million for the annuity. If you won and wanted the lump sum your payout for the Saturday night drawing would be approximately $40 million. Let's see if any of us have to include "collect a Powerball jackpot" on our to-do list for next week. Here's the drawing from Saturday.

We did receive a note from our source at Powerball that confirmed no ticket sold across the game's footprint matched the numbers needed to claim the Powerball jackpot on Saturday night. That means the estimated top prize when we play Powerball on Monday will be a cool $100 million.

The game did produce a Match 5 Million winner. To earn the Match 5 Million prize a player must match all five of the white balls but not the Powerball. Based on our inside information that big money win will go to a ticket sold in Florida.

Fortunately for Texas Lottery fans, there are other ways to win money playing Powerball. According to the Texas Lottery, 36,830 tickets sold in Texas for Saturday's drawing are winners this morning. Let's see if you are one of those 36,830 Texans who will be looking to get some money back.

Here are the numbers from Powerball on February 1, 2025.

23   29   32   49   61   Powerball 08   Power Play x2

If you believe you are holding a winning ticket you'll want to go to the Official Texas Lottery website or the Official Powerball website and verify those numbers. It's always good to input your ticket on a "site of record" to verify the win and the prize. The Texas Lottery site also has information on when and where you can redeem your prize if you were fortunate enough to claim one.

Our sources in Austin say a ticket sold in Texas for Saturday's Powerball earned a prize of $50,000. That ticket matched four of the white balls and the Powerball but they did not opt-in on the Power Play option of the game.

Lotto Texas with Extra! featured a top prize last night that was almost as large as the nationwide Powerball jackpot. Lotto Texas was offering a prize of $75.5 million on Saturday. But alas, there was no jackpot win again. So that jackpot prize will roll on up to an estimated $76.5 million when the Texas Lottery hosts the next drawing on Monday night.

On Tuesday night Mega Millions will draw for a $77 million top prize in that game. Mega Millions has been surprisingly good to Texas Lottery players over the past few months. There have been Mega Millions wins of $3 million in San Antonio back in November and a $1 million win in Lubbock back in September.

Just remember that all lottery games are games of chance. That means risk is involved and you could lose your money. If you have a gambling problem help is available by just reaching out. Simply call 1-800-GAMBLER. The call and the referrals to counselling and assistance are free for you and your family. Good Luck.