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One winner from AR won $1,700,000,000 jackpot from the Powerball drawing Wednesday night
Updated: Thursday, December 25, 2025 12:54 AM
Someone in AR is now really rich. One of the tickets purchased in the state for Wednesday night's Powerball lotto matched all six numbers drawn. The lucky player matching all 5 numbers plus the Powerball won the $1,700,000,000 jackpot. The winning numbers from Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 drawing were 04-25-31-52-59 with Power Ball 19. The jackpot winner will now need to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity, or the one time cash lump-sum in the amount of $781.3 million before tax withholding. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, place it in a secure place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to select the cash value of the jackpot while claimng the prizes. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Along with the jackpot won on Wednesday, December 24th, 2025, many more players walked away with large winnings. There were 8 lucky winners matched the first five lotto numbers but missed Powerball number, which won the second prize. The eight second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in CA(1), IN(1), MI(1), NY(2), OH(1), PA(1) and VA(1) won $1 million cash.
Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 114 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. There were 31 tickets matched 4+1 with Power Play option, multiplying the winnings by 4 for a total win of $40,000 each! Other winners Wednesday night included 3303 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $100. 815 additional players not only matched 4 white ball, and also bought the Power Play option, double the prizes to a total win of $200 each! Other prizes won Wednesday evening included 8359 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Powerball and won $100. 2014 additional tickets at this prize level were also bought with the Power Play option that doubled the prize to $200 cash.
There were 549,459 Powewrball winning tickets sold in the state of Florida. Nine tickets sold in Florida matched 4 lotto numbers in addition to the Powerball. These lucky ticket holders will receive $10,000 cash each. There were nine lucky Florida winners matched 4 lotto numbers as well as the Powerball with Power Play and won $40,000. There were 1033 lucky Floridaers won $100 prize by matching 4 or 3+1 numbers. There were 234 lucky Florida players won $200 prize by matching 4 or 3+1 numbers with Power Play purchased.
With nine different prize levels, the Wednesday night's drawing produced 6,247,117 winning tickets across U.S. with a total amount of $0 prizes.
The upcoming Powerball lottery drawing, Saturday, December 27th, 2025, will feature a jackpot of $20,000,000 with cash option $$9.2 million.
Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. sold in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. The minimum Powerball advertised jackpot is 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 yearly increment installments in 29 years. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $1,700,000,000 | 1
AR-1
| | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 8
CA-1
IN-1
MI-1
NY-2
OH-1
PA-1
VA-1
| | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 114 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 3,303 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 8,359 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 212,547 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 175,602 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 1,349,448 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 3,253,399 |
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of US(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 31 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 815 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 2,014 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 52,645 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 43,372 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 335,836 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 809,623 |
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of Florida(w/o PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Powerball | $1,700,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball | $50,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $100 | 283 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball | $100 | 750 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 19,319 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball | $7 | 16,001 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball | $4 | 121,405 | | Powerball Only | $4 | 290,584 |
| Wed Dec 24, 2025 Powerball Payout of Florida(with PowerPlay) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 with Power Play | $2,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $100,000 | 2 | | 4 of 5 with Power Play | $200 | 70 | | 3 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $200 | 164 | | 3 of 5 with Power Play | $14 | 4,260 | | 2 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $14 | 3,608 | | 1 of 5 + Powerball with Power Play | $8 | 27,480 | | Powerball Only with Power Play | $8 | 65,524 |
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