"A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817bn jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previously expected, making it the second-largest in US history and the largest Powerball prize of 2025, according to www.powerball.com. The jackpot had a lump sum cash payment option of $834.9m."
"Congratulations to the newest Powerball jackpot winner! This is truly an extraordinary, life-changing prize, Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group chair and Iowa Lottery CEO, was quoted as saying by the website. We also want to thank all the players who joined in this jackpot streak every ticket purchased helps support public programs and services across the country. The prize followed 46 consecutive drawings in which no one matched all six numbers."
A Powerball ticket sold in Arkansas matched all six numbers to win a $1.817 billion jackpot on Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing. Final ticket sales pushed the prize to the second-largest jackpot in US history and the largest Powerball prize of 2025. The jackpot included a lump-sum cash option of $834.9 million. The win ended a 46-drawing streak without a top-prize winner that began after the last jackpot winners on 6 September. Powerball is offered in 45 states plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, with tickets priced at $2.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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