Monday night’s Powerball drawing delivered one of those moments lottery players dream about — and for one very lucky ticket holder in Delaware, that dream became a life-changing reality. A single ticket sold in Delaware matched all six winning numbers to claim the massive $231 million Powerball jackpot on Monday, 6 April 2026, confirming what millions of hopeful players had been waiting to find out.
The winning combination drawn on the night was 7, 24, 37, 42, and 57, with a Powerball number of 5. The Power Play multiplier came in at 2x, giving secondary prize winners an added boost on their payouts. It was a clean sweep for that Delaware ticket — matching every single number needed to take home the full jackpot.
While the headline belongs to Delaware, Texas also had reason to celebrate. One ticket purchased in Texas matched all five main numbers but missed the Powerball. With the Power Play factored in, that ticket is worth a very respectable $2 million — not a bad night’s work by any stretch.
The Double Play draw on the same evening produced the numbers 3, 17, 48, 56, and 64, with a Powerball of 20. However, no tickets managed to match all six Double Play numbers, and no one claimed the $500,000 prize for matching five numbers without the Powerball in that supplementary game.
Powerball Jackpot Resets to $20 Million for Wednesday, 8 April 2026 Drawing
With the jackpot now claimed, the Powerball prize pool resets to an estimated $20 million for the next drawing scheduled for Wednesday, 8 April 2026. The cash lump sum option for that draw sits at approximately $9.1 million, according to powerball.com. It’s a fresh start, and as history has shown time and again, these things can snowball fast.
For those keeping tabs on the bigger picture, Powerball drawings are held three times a week — every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at approximately 10:59 p.m. ET. That means players already eyeing Wednesday’s reset jackpot don’t have long to wait before the next set of numbers is drawn.
A standard Powerball ticket will set you back $2 per play. Players can add the Power Play option for an extra $1, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes by the drawn multiplier. There’s also the Double Play add-on for an additional $1, giving participants a second shot at winning up to $10 million in a separate draw using the same numbers.
Worth noting for new players — you only need to match the Powerball number alone to win a prize, which pays out $4. Matching one of the five main numbers plus the Powerball also returns $4. The prize chart scales upward from there, with matching two main numbers alongside the Powerball paying $7, and so on up to the jackpot itself.
Meanwhile, Mega Millions is also heating up on the American lottery front. Friday’s draw on 3 April 2026 produced the numbers 31, 45, 62, 63, 68, with a Mega Ball of 15 — and no jackpot winner emerged. As a result, the Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, 7 April 2026 has climbed to an estimated $100 million, with a cash option of roughly $44.7 million.
To put Monday’s $231 million Powerball win into historical context, the all-time record for the game remains the staggering $2.04 billion jackpot won in California on 7 November 2022. More recently, $1.817 billion was claimed in Arkansas on Christmas Eve 2025, and a $1.787 billion jackpot was shared between Missouri and Texas on 6 September 2025. Monday’s winner joins a very exclusive club — those who’ve beaten odds of roughly 1 in 292 million to take home a nine-figure prize.
The Delaware winner’s next steps will be watched closely. Lottery officials typically advise winners to secure their ticket immediately, seek legal and financial counsel, and decide whether to take the lump sum or annuity option before coming forward publicly. With $231 million on the line, those are decisions worth getting right.