Texas Lottery Confirms Another Massive Powerball Payout

It was a stormy Saturday over parts of Texas yesterday. There were severe weather watches and warnings and certainly some strong thunderstorms that rumbled across East Texas yesterday and into the evening.

That's why dogs were still under the bed in Lufkin, Tyler, and Waskom on Saturday night.  And while Mother Nature was throwing lightning bolts, so was Powerball. The was a "lucky strike" in last night's drawing according to our friends at the Texas Lottery. 

The good news about the weather is that the strong storms are now well off to our east. The bad news is that we'll have more strong storms in our forecast on Tuesday, and then it gets really cold—no, seriously below-freezing cold. Fortunately, we have some growing lottery jackpots from Powerball, Mega Millions, and the state-grown games from the Texas Lottery like Lotto Texas with Extra!

There was a Powerball drawing last night. It's one of the most popular draw games in Texas and if you played last night you'll be pleased to hear that a Texas-sold ticket earned a prize of $50,000. Let's see if you're holding that lucky ticket this morning.

Here is how Saturday's Powerball drawing played out.

The top prize for Saturday's drawing on February 15, 2025, was an estimated $172 million for the annuitized jackpot. The cash payout prize was estimated to be $79.4 million. Alas, both of those numbers will be growing as we approach Monday's drawing since no ticket purchased for last night's game matched the numbers needed to claim the jackpot prize.

There were no Match 5 Million Winners so that meant the game's top prize was a match scenario that involved four of five white balls and the Powerball. Three tickets across the game's footprint matched that with the Power Play invoked for a top prize of $100,000.

Here are the numbers from last night's Powerball:

03   16   45   54   56   Powerball 12   Powerplay x2

If you think you're holding a winner, use this link from the Texas Lottery to verify your ticket and get details on how to claim your prize. You can also visit the Official Powerball site to verify your numbers.

There were sixteen other tickets that matched four of five with the Powerball but did not invoke Powerplay. One of those tickets came from the Texas Lottery and another was earned by a Louisiana Lottery player who purchased their Powerball ticket in Chauvin, Louisiana. 

The Louisiana Lottery provides point-of-purchase details on any win over $10,000. The Texas Lottery does not. So, we can't say where the big Texas winner was sold but we do know that it was one of 42,090 winning tickets sold in Texas for last night's drawing.

There were no jackpot wins for Lotto Texas with Extra! last night either. That jackpot will now climb to $83.5 million for Monday night's drawing. That Lotto Texas jackpot has not been claimed in almost nine months, so it is ripe for the picking.

Your next chance at instant lottery millions comes on Monday night with another Powerball drawing. The jackpot should be close to $183 million by Monday night, that's an estimate by the way. Also, Mega Millions will have a nice jackpot to play for on Tuesday night. The Mega Millions top prize will be an estimated $145 million when they release the ping pong balls Tuesday night at 10.

Please note that all lottery games come with a risk of losing money. If you have a gambling problem, get help. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. The call and the referral to counselling are free.