The Brief Powerball's jackpot for Saturday's drawing is $856 million, ranking among the game's top 10 largest prizes. Powerball fever has taken over Philadelphia as Saturday night's drawing offers an estimated $856 million jackpot. The largest Powerball jackpot ever was just over $2 billion, won in California in 2022. I was like, ‘Let me go play five more tickets on the Powerball just in case.’ Players in Philadelphia are excited about the possibility of winning, with many already thinking about how they would use the money.