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Powerball jackpot surges to $1.25 billion ahead of Wednesday's drawing
Thu, 18 Dec 2025 02:11:39 GMT
There have been 42 consecutive drawings with no wins.
Powerball jackpot surges to $1.25 billion ahead of Wednesday's drawing
A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Mundelein, Ill., Dec. 15, 2025.
A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Mundelein, Ill., Dec. 15, 2025.
A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Mundelein, Ill., Dec. 15, 2025.
A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Mundelein, Ill., Dec. 15, 2025.
A $1.25 billion Powerball jackpot prize is up for grabs Wednesday night, with a cash value of $572.1 million, after no winners were selected Monday.
This is the game's sixth largest prize ever, according to Powerball. The largest prize ever was $2.04 billion won on Nov. 7, 2022.
The Powerball jackpot last rolled Monday night, when no ticket matched the five white balls -- 23, 35, 59, 63, 68 -- and red Powerball 2.
The Powerball jackpot was last hit on Sept. 6 by two tickets in Missouri and Texas that split a $1.787 billion prize. There have been 43 consecutive drawings with no jackpot wins.
A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Mundelein, Ill., Dec. 15, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP
If a player wins on Wednesday night, they will have the choice between annual payments worth an estimated $1.25 billion or an immediate $572.1 million lump sum payment.
According to Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
The drawing will be held just before 11 p.m. ET in the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play.
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