Politics & Government

Powerball Winning Numbers For Aug. 23: Do You Have The Lucky Ticket?

Here are the winning numbers for Wednesday, Aug. 23.

JOHNSTON, RI— Wednesday night's big drawing could make someone worth about $700 million. To collect the jackpot, players must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. No one's done that since June 10.

The odds of hitting it big? They're one in 292, 201, 338.

But somebody's got to win, eventually.

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Here are the winning numbers drawn Aug 23.

6, 7, 16, 23, 26. The PowerBall is 4.

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The biggest Powerball jackpot was $1.586 billion on Jan. 13, 2016. Winning tickets were sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee.

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