Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Leander hit all five numbers and the Powerball. It was one of two jackpot tickets sold in the U.S. for Saturday’s drawing.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has a Powerball jackpot winner! A ticket sold in Leander for the Saturday, May 2 drawing matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win part of the $20 million jackpot, according to lottery officials.
The ticket with the winning numbers was sold at the QuickTrip at 10742 Crystal Falls Parkway in Leander, which is a north of Austin.
The person with the winning ticket in Texas will have to split with someone who also hit the jackpot in Florida. There was also a $2 million winner in Georgia.
This is the second time in just the last few days that two Powerball jackpot-winning tickets have been sold for the same drawing. In the April 29 drawing, tickets sold in Indiana and Kansas split a $143M jackpot. That was the same Powerball drawing that produced 91 millionaires.
Powerball winning numbers
The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on May 2,2026, were 25, 37, 42, 52 and 65, with a Powerball of 14.
Can the Powerball jackpot winners remain anonymous?
States are fairly split on whether to allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. A count by USA Today shows 19 states where lottery winners may maintain their anonymity, at least partially.
The rest of the U.S. requires them to come forward publicly, usually sometime within a year after winning the jackpot.
Does the Powerball jackpot winner have to pay taxes on their winnings?
While the winner can remain anonymous to the public, they’ll need to provide proper identification so the state can process the claim and report the winnings to the IRS.
A lottery win can catapult the ticketholder into a completely new tax bracket, and most financial professionals suggest holding off on claiming the ticket until securing at least one financial adviser to walk them through the process of claiming the money and making sure it doesn’t disappear.
But if they’re smart, the winners will likely take some time to plan before coming forward. Part of the reason lotteries give up to a year to claim large prizes is that the extra time gives people who have just come into an unfathomable amount of money a chance to meet with experts who can walk them through the process.
“So by far, the biggest misconception that we hear or read and see is, is that the money seems to be infinite when it certainly is not,” wealth adviser Shean Fletcher previously told The Associated Press, adding that winners should meet with financial advisers, lawyers and certified public accountants to make a plan.
There are hefty taxes to deal with, regardless of whether the winner takes the lump sum payout or the month-to-month annuity option, so the winner will need a good accountant.
The initial tax bills aren’t the only reason financial experts warn lottery winners to take it slow — you shouldn’t buy a pricey home without a good idea of recurring taxes and upkeep, for example.
A good financial adviser will help a winner avoid spending outside their means (even if those means have increased exponentially overnight) and a lawyer can help stop possible lawsuits from those looking to take their own cut of the earnings.