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).

A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

A Powerball ticket sold in South Florida made one lucky player a millionaire just days before Christmas, while the record-shattering jackpot

The winning numbers for the Dec. 24, 2025 drawing were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, and the Powerball was 19. Eight other players across the country won $1 million each by matching the first five numbers. Did anyone win the Powerball drawing on Christmas Eve? The Powerball lottery had reached nearly 1.82 billion, the second largest in U.S. lottery history.

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 — the fourth largest in Powerball and U.S. lottery history. That's because no tickets came up winners of Monday night's jackpot of an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot.

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.

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Powerball just announced the winning numbers for its massive $1.7 billion jackpot on Christmas Eve. The winning numbers from Wednesday’s drawing are: 4, 25, 31, 52, 59 and Powerball 19. The Power Play is 2X. It has been months since ...

Powerball announced the winning numbers for a massive $1.817 billion jackpot on Christmas Eve — and there’s a winner!