Imagine snagging $1.25 billion just nine days before Christmas—enough to make anyone’s holiday unforgettable! That’s the current Powerball jackpot, and your next shot is in Wednesday’s drawing.
The jackpot rolled on Monday after no ticket matched all six numbers: white balls 23, 35, 59, 63, 68, and the red Powerball 2. The Power Play multiplier was 4. This is only the second time in Powerball history that the game has produced back-to-back billion-dollar jackpots!
Here’s a quick snapshot of the numbers:
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Annual jackpot: $1.25 billion
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Lump sum payout: $572.1 million (both before taxes)
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Odds of winning: 1 in 292.2 million
Even though the big prize slipped away, a few lucky players still hit it big last Saturday:
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Two winners in Pennsylvania and North Carolina each scored $2 million
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Five more winners took home $1 million each
Some perspective: this jackpot is the second-largest Powerball prize of 2025, trailing only the $1.787 billion jackpot shared by tickets in Missouri and Texas on September 6. And the biggest lottery prize ever? That’s $2.04 billion in California on November 7, 2022.
Interestingly, there have been only 13 U.S. lottery jackpots over $1 billion, with ten of them hitting since 2021. The streak for this current Powerball goes on—there have been 42 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. Last Saturday, the drawn numbers were 1, 28, 31, 57, 58, with a Powerball of 16.
So, while this jackpot could make someone an instant billionaire, don’t count on it as your holiday bonus—those odds are seriously slim!
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