Will the Powerball jackpot, now $667 million, top $750 million for the Aug 5 drawing?
50% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 2 predictions cast.
The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $786 million, with a cash value of about $341.6 million, ahead of the Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026 drawing, comfortably clearing the $750 million threshold cited in the market question. News outlets including ABC7 New York and Yahoo News reported the updated estimate on or around Aug. 3-4, 2026, days after the jackpot stood at $667 million and had climbed through $707 million (Aug. 1) and $748 million (Aug. 3). The jump followed the Monday, Aug. 3 drawing, in which no ticket matched all six numbers, though a Wisconsin player won $2 million on a Match 5 plus Power Play. The jackpot had been rolling over and growing since it was last won on May 2, 2026, when two tickets in Florida and Texas split a $20 million prize, producing a multi-month run of drawings without a jackpot winner. Coverage noted the $786 million figure made it the largest Powerball jackpot since the $1.817 billion prize won in Arkansas on Christmas Eve 2025. On Predict Six, the community had split evenly, with a 50% "Yes" prediction across just two votes, essentially a coin flip; the market ultimately resolved True, consistent with the jackpot estimate surpassing $750 million before the Aug. 5 drawing occurred.