Normally, the game would reset to a $40 million minimum, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced Powerball officials to cut the minimum jackpot in half, which began with the 04/11/20 jackpot. The previous winning ticket was sold back on Augfor a jackpot worth $169 million. It was the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history. Previous to the last four winners, the last winning Powerball ticket was sold on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, in Maryland for the $730 million jackpot. The game reset to the $20 million minimum on Saturday 01/23/21, which was won, and then another jackpot hit on 01/30/21. A ticket sold in Maryland hit the $731.1 million jackpot on Wednesday 01/20/21. Powerball in early 2020 had three jackpot winners in four drawings. The previous Powerball grand-prize winner was 03/27/21 for a drawing worth $238 million. That ticket was sold in Jacksonville, Florida, at a Circle K convenience store. The previous Powerball grand prize winner before that was on Saturday 06/05/21 for a $286 million jackpot. The game reset to $20 million for the 01/08/22 drawing. Furthermore, there were 14 tickets that won at least $1 million for the second prize. There were two winning tickets-one each in California and Wisconsin-that split the prize. The last grand prize ticket was won on 01/05/22 for a $630 million jackpot.
A Powerball ticket sold in Texas during September 2019.
