Powerball numbers for Monday, Aug. 3, 2026: No jackpot winner 2%

By Katie Landeck1%

8/4/2026, 5:55:32 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Representativeness Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 88 hits. Analysis detected 141 faulty-reasoning hits from 450 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of 2% (26,409 of 26,881 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the article peer group.

The Powerball jackpot is continuing to grow as no one hit the winning numbers on Monday night. 
The jackpot reached estimated $748 million. 
For the next drawing, the jackpot is expect to rise to $786 million (cash prize of $341.6 million). 
When someone wins, the jackpot will be reset to $20 million. 
Check your Powerball numbers 
The winning numbers from the Monday, Aug. 3 drawing are 8, 30, 41, 48 and 4. 
The Powerball was 4. 
The Power Play multiplier was 2x. 
Powerball drawing days 
The Powerball is drawn on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. 
The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. 
When is the next Powerball drawing? 
The next Powerball drawing is Wednesday, Aug. 
5. 
The jackpot is expected to rise to $786 million (cash prize of $341.6 million). 
Can you buy Powerball tickets online in Rhode Island 
You can buy Powerball tickets online on the Rhode Island Lottery website. 
What does it cost to play Powerball? 
Powerball costs $2 to play. 
For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times. 
What is the Powerball Double Play drawing? 
In-store Powerball purchasers can select the Double Play option to use their numbers in a second drawing immediately following the regular Powerball drawing for a chance to win additional prizes up to $10,000,000. 
Players can add the Double Play feature to their Powerball ticket for an additional $1 per play. 
The Powerball Double Play drawing takes place between 11:30 and 11:40 p.m. 
The Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing. 
Detroit Free Press reporting contributed to this report. 
What are the Powerball prizes? 
The complete guide to winnings is: 
Match 5 White Balls + Powerball: Jackpot 
Match 5 White Balls: $1 million 
Match 4 White Balls + Powerball: $50,000 
Match 4 White Balls: $100 
Match 3 White Balls + Powerball: $100 
Match 3 White Balls: $7 
Match 2 White Balls + Powerball: $7 
Match 1 White Ball + Powerball: $4 
Match Powerball: $4 
Match 5 White Balls with Power Play: $2 million 
Match 4 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $200,000 
Match 4 White Balls with Power Play: $400 
Match 3 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $400 
Match 3 White Balls with Power Play: $28 
Match 2 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $28 
Match 1 White Ball + Powerball with Power Play: $16 
Match Powerball with Power Play: $16 
What are the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot? 
The overall odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. 
What's the Powerball Double Play drawing? 
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450 words analyzed.

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1speaker1.8%attributed speech442writer words
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Detroit Free Press

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0%10.0%20.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -19.9 ptsWriter: 19.9%Detroit Free Press: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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