Dec 20, 2025
The Powerball jackpot is on the rise again after no one won the top prize in Saturday night’s drawing, sending the jackpot up to an estimated $1.6 billion. Even though the winning numbers were announced for the drawing, which had been estimated at $1.5 billion, no ticket matched all six numbers . That means the massive prize will roll over once more. The numbers drawn, in order, were 4, 5, 28, 52, and 69, along with the red Powerball 20 and a Power Play multiplier of 3x. While there was no jackpot winner, several players still walked away with big prizes. Tickets sold in California, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Ohio, plus two in Michigan, matched five numbers and earned $1 million each. Saturday’s drawing marked 45 straight drawings without a jackpot winner, dating back to the last win on September 6. That makes this the longest jackpot streak in Powerball history since the game began in 1992, topping the previous record of 42 drawings. The odds of hitting the jackpot are a minuscule 1 in 292.2 million. The current jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in Powerball history. It’s just the seventh jackpot to ever reach the $1 billion mark and the second to do so this year. The most recent jackpot win in September saw tickets in Missouri and Texas share a $1.787 billion grand prize, the second-largest in Powerball history. If a ticket matches all five white balls plus the red Powerball drawn on Saturday, the winner would be faced with two options. They could either claim the $1.5 billion grand prize which is paid out through an annuity, with annual payments over 30 years. Or they could receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of an estimated $689.3 million. But, regardless of which option a winner chooses, they wouldn’t take home the full prize amount. That’s because the winnings are subject to federal taxes and, in most jurisdictions, state taxes as well. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less
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