New Jersey store donates $30,000 bonus after selling $847m Powerball jackpot ticket

A single lottery ticket sold at a New Jersey supermarket matched all the winning numbers to claim an $847 million Powerball jackpot. The win ended a run of 35 drawings without a jackpot winner. The winning numbers drawn on Wednesday evening, 4 November 2026, were white balls 15, 34, 41, 53 and 56, with red Powerball 21 and a Power Play multiplier of 2X.

According to the New Jersey Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at Wegmans Food Market, located at 100 Farm View in Montvale, Bergen County. The supermarket will receive a $30,000 bonus from state lottery officials for selling the winning ticket. However, the store will not keep the money.

Wegmans confirmed that the full $30,000 will be donated to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey through its Check Out Hunger campaign. The prize is the ninth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.Ticket purchased at self-service terminalAccording to store manager Nick Tassi, who spoke to CBS New York, the winning ticket was bought on Tuesday morning, before the draw, using one of the supermarket's self-service lottery machines.