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A single player in AR walked away with $1,700,000,000 Powerball jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing
Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 10:00 PM
One single player has won the jackpot from the latest Powerball drawing. Lottery officials stated the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing - worth $1,700,000,000 - was purchased in AR. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night, December 24th, 2025 were 04, 25, 31, 52, 59 with Power Ball number 19. The jackpot winner will now need to determine to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity, or the one time cash lump-sum in the amount of $781.3 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to select the cash value of the jackpot while claimng the prizes. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Along with the grand prize won on Wednesday, December 24th, 2025, a lot more players took home with large winnings. There were eight 2nd prize winning tickets from Wednesday night's drawing, matching the first five lotto numbers but not the Powerball number. The eight lucky ticket(s) sold in CA(1), IN(1), MI(1), NY(2), OH(1), PA(1) and VA(1), each won $1 million cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 114 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Powerball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. 31 additional players not just matched 4+1, but additionally bought the Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Also, 3303 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $100. There were 815 tickets matched 4 white ball with Power Play option, doubled the winnings to a total win of $200 each! Additional prizes won Wednesday night included 8359 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $100. 2014 additional tickets of this prize level were also purchased with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash.
With 9 ways to win, there were 6,247,117 tickets across the nation won $0 prizes in the Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 drawing.
The new Powerball lottery top prize is estimated at $20,000,000 for Saturday night. The cash option will be $$9.2 million.
America's favorite Powerball is played in 42 states, D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. To play Powerball, select 5 numbers from a set of 69 and pick 1 Powerball number from a set of 26. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated installments in 29 years. Winners can select one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $1,700,000,000 | 1
AR-1
| | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 8
CA-1
IN-1
MI-1
NY-2
OH-1
PA-1
VA-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 114 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 3,303 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 8,359 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 212,547 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 175,602 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 1,349,448 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 3,253,399 |
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 31 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 815 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 2,014 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 52,645 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 43,372 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 335,836 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 809,623 |
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $1,700,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $2,811,275 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $18,510 | 23 | | 4 of 5 | $412 | 516 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $173 | 1,277 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 31,904 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $9 | 26,764 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $5 | 206,959 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 502,826 |
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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