The Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 Powerball jackpot was an estimated $1.25 billion. Check to see if you're holding the lucky winning ticket.

Big lottery wins around the U.S. include a lucky lottery ticketholder in California who won a $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot in December 2024. See more big winners here. And if you do end up cashing a jackpot, here’s what experts say to do first.

(NEXSTAR) – Grab your Powerball tickets: the winning numbers for the $1.267 billion Powerball jackpot have been drawn for Wednesday, Dec. 17. Those numbers were: 25, 66, 33, 53, and 62. The Powerball was 17. The optional Power Play was 4x.

Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot last night, December 15, 2025? Winning Powerball numbers and lottery results for Monday's $1.1 billion drawing.

According to a press release sent by the Pennsylvania Lottery themselves, three winning Powerball with Power Play pickets were chose from Monday, Dec. 15’s drawing. These tickets which were worth $200,000 each for a total of $600,000 in winnings for the day.

After no grand prize winner on Dec. 15, the Powerball drawing for Dec. 17 is at $1.25 billion — the 6th-largest jackpot in the game's history.

The Massachusetts State Lottery releases a full list of winning tickets every day. The list only includes winning tickets worth more than $600. The largest lottery prize won so far this year was worth $1 million a year for life, from a winning “Lifetime Millions” scratch ticket sold in Springfield and claimed in July.

A lucky New Jersey lottery player has won $1 million after matching the five white balls in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.