A Powerball player there holds the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing for the game's $1.817 billion jackpot. The winner, who so far hasn't gone public, can choose between an annuitized prize of $1.817 billion or a lump sump payment of $834.9 million (both prize options are before taxes).

Santa might have a gigantic present in his bag on Christmas Eve, when the estimated jackpot for that night's drawing will be an estimated $1.7 billion.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.

The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $1.7 billion for Wednesday night’s (Dec. 23, 2025) drawing, with a cash value of $781.3 million. It is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot ever, and fourth largest among U.S. lottery games, according to a release from Powerball.

A Powerball ticket sold in Cabot on Christmas Eve has claimed the $834.9 million prize. Christmas Eve escalated into a huge occasion for the residents of Arkansas, given that a winning Powerball ticket was sold in the town of Cabot.