Some lucky winner in Arkansas just got the ultimate Christmas gift: A lottery ticket worth $1.817 billion.
The cash value of the Dec. 24 jackpot, which reached $1.817 billion after final ticket sales, the second-largest in the game's history, was estimated at $834.9 million. This grand prize is among the highest of Powerball and has outperformed the highest Mega Millions jackpot.
This total comes only a few months after a lucky winner won the $1.787 billion grand prize in September, now the third-highest jackpot in the game's history.
Here are the winning numbers for the Dec. 24 drawingWhat were the winning Powerball numbers for 12/24/2025?
The winning numbers for the Dec. 24 drawing are 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, with the Powerball being 19 and the Power Play being 2.
There were eight $1 million-winning Match 5 tickets sold in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York (2).
No Match 5 and Power Play tickets worth $2 million each were sold.
Who won the Powerball?
A single ticket sold in Arkansas matched all six numbers to win the whole $1.817 jackpot.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next Powerball drawing is Dec. 27, at about 10:59 p.m. ET/9:59 CT. Powerball has
How much is the Powerball jackpot now?
The jackpot ahead of the Dec. 27 drawing has gone back down to an estimated $20 million, with a lump-sum payment of $9.2 million, according to powerball.com.
How much is the jackpot take-home?
Both the $1.817 billion annuitized prize and the $834.9 million lump-sum cash payment amounts would be before taxes. If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
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