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Saturday's Powerball jackpot rolls up to $1,500,000,000; 8 tickets won the second prize
Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2025 01:51 AM
There has been another carry over in the jackpot for the multistate Powerball lottery - to $1,500,000,000. The cash value stands at a projected $$686.5 million. The grand prize grew since nobody hit all 6 winning numbers from Wednesday night's $1,250,000,000 drawing. The winning numbers from Wednesday night, December 17th, 2025 were 25, 33, 53, 62, 66 with Power Ball 17.
While the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, some people still walked away with huge prizes. There were 8 lucky winners correctly matched all five lotto numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the 2nd prize. The 6 second prize winning ticket(s) bought in CT(1), NY(3), PA(1) and TN(1) won $1 million cash. The other 2 second prize winner(s) from AZ(1) and MA(1) also purchased Power Play, which doubled the prize to $2 million cash win!
Other prizes won Wednesday night included 72 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Powerball and won $10,000. 14 additional players not just matched 4+1, but in addition bought the Power Play option, multiplying the prizes by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each!
With nine different ways to win, the Wednesday night's drawing produced 3,305,638 winning tickets across U.S. with a total amount of $0 prizes.
Powerball is an American popular lottery game can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Powerball drawings occur 2 times a week every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 32. The odds of winning Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 graduated payments in 29 years. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Wed Dec 17, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $1,250,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 6
CT-1
NY-3
PA-1
TN-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 72 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 1,687 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 4,295 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 107,110 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 90,918 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 707,374 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 1,724,484 |
| Wed Dec 17, 2025 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 2
AZ-1
MA-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200,000 | 14 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $400 | 365 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $400 | 1,074 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $28 | 26,566 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $28 | 22,908 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $16 | 179,106 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $16 | 439,657 |
| Wed Dec 17, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $1,250,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $959,137 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $18,887 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $394 | 311 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $170 | 748 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 18,796 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $8 | 16,060 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $5 | 124,054 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 300,463 |
| Wed Dec 17, 2025 Powerball Payout of California(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Wed Apr 29, 2026
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