The Powerball jackpot has surged to an estimated $1.7 billion for the Christmas Eve drawing on Wednesday, following a Monday drawing with no winners, reports Baltimore Chronicle. Monday’s numbers were 3, 18, 36, 41, and 54, with the Powerball number 7 and a 2x Power Play multiplier.
Players who win the Powerball jackpot have the option to select either a lump sum payment or an annuity, which provides one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year. According to Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
The last jackpot win occurred in September when two tickets, sold in Missouri and Texas, shared a $1.787 billion prize, marking the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history. The largest prize in the game’s history was $2.04 billion, won on November 7, 2022, in California.
Tickets cost $2 each and are available in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Monday night’s drawing took place at 10:59 p.m. ET.
The top Powerball jackpots by prize and location include:
- $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022 — California
- $1.787 billion — Sept. 6, 2025 — Missouri, Texas
- $1.765 billion — Oct. 11, 2023 — California
- $1.6 billion — current estimated jackpot
- $1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016 — California, Florida, Tennessee
- $1.326 billion — April 6, 2024 — Oregon
- $1.08 billion — July 19, 2023 — California
- $842.4 million — Jan. 1, 2024 — Michigan
- $768.4 million — March 27, 2019 — Wisconsin
- $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017 — Massachusetts
Earlier we wrote that Powerball jackpot reaches $1.6B after no winner in Saturday’s drawing.
