A ticket sold in Arkansas matched all six numbers in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Dec. 24, winning a $1.817 billion jackpot, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The winner can choose between a $1.817 billion annuity paid over 30 years or a lump-sum cash option of $834.9 million, both before taxes. The annuity includes an initial payment followed by annual payments that increase by 5 percent each year.
The winning numbers were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, and the Powerball number 19.
The association said the drawing ended a 47-drawing streak without a jackpot winner, the longest since Powerball began in 1992. The previous jackpot win occurred on September 6, 2025, when tickets in Missouri and Texas shared a $1.787 billion prize.
Eight tickets nationwide matched five numbers but not the Powerball. One ticket sold in Chino Hills, California, is worth $2,811,275 under the state’s pari-mutuel system. Seven others, sold in New York, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, are each worth $1 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The largest Powerball jackpot on record remains the $2.04 billion prize won in California in November 2022.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The next drawing on Saturday has an estimated jackpot of $20 million.