{"id":461712,"date":"2025-12-21T07:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/461712\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:07:09","slug":"powerball-winning-numbers-for-dec-20-lottery-jackpot-worth-1-5b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/461712\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball winning numbers for Dec. 20 lottery jackpot worth $1.5B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the holidays, the Powerball jackpot is now at a staggering $1.5 billion, the 5th largest in the lottery\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>If a ticket matches all five numbers plus the Powerball on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 11 p.m. ET drawing, the winner can choose a one-time cash payment of $686.5 million before taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The Powerball jackpot has rolled over 45 consecutive times since Sept. 6 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/lottery\/2025\/09\/07\/who-won-the-powerball-drawing-on-sept-6-1-8-billion-jackpot\/85994348007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/lottery\/2025\/09\/07\/who-won-the-powerball-drawing-on-sept-6-1-8-billion-jackpot\/85994348007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two tickets in Missouri and Texas won<\/a> the second-largest jackpot in the game\u2019s history: $1.787 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Top 10\u00a0largest Powerball jackpot winners<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$2.04 billion: Nov. 7, 2022 \u2013 California<\/li>\n<li>$1.787 billion: Sept. 6, 2025 \u2013 Texas and Missouri<\/li>\n<li>$1.765 billion: Oct. 11, 2023 \u2013 California<\/li>\n<li>$1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016 \u2013 California, Florida, Tennessee<\/li>\n<li><strong>$1.5 billion: Current jackpot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>$1.326 billion: April 6, 2024 \u2013 Oregon<\/li>\n<li>$1.08 billion: July 19, 2023 \u2013 California<\/li>\n<li>$842.4 million: Jan. 1, 2024 \u2013 Michigan<\/li>\n<li>$768.4 million: March 27, 2019 \u2013 Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>$758.7 million: Aug. 23, 2017 \u2013 Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Powerball winning numbers for Dec. 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The winning numbers for Saturday\u2019s drawing: <strong>4-5-28-52-69<\/strong> and the Powerball is <strong>20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Winning lottery numbers are sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/jkpt.sng.link\/A0spb\/pj93\/tehs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to play Powerball<\/p>\n<p>To play Powerball, you have to buy a ticket for $2. You can do this at a variety of locations, including your local convenience store, gas station, or even grocery store. In some states, Powerball tickets can be bought online.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have your ticket, you need to pick six numbers. Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 69. The red Powerball ranges from 1 to 26. People can also add a \u201cPower Play\u201d for $1, which increases the winning for all non-jackpot prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPower Play\u201d multiplier can multiply winnings by: 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, or 10X.<\/p>\n<p>If you are feeling unlucky or want the computer to do the work for you, the \u201cQuick Pick\u201d option is available, where computer-generated numbers will be printed on a Powerball ticket. To win the jackpot, players must match all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball.<\/p>\n<p>Powerball drawings are held on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights. If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will continue to tick up.<\/p>\n<p>Where to buy lottery tickets<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.<\/p>\n<p>You can also order tickets online through <a href=\"https:\/\/jkpt.sng.link\/A0spb\/pj93\/tehs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network<\/a>, in these U.S. states and territories: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. The Jackpocket app allows you to pick your lottery game and numbers, place your order, see your ticket and collect your winnings all using your phone or home computer.<\/p>\n<p>Jackpocket is the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network. Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services. Must be 18+, 21+ in AZ and 19+ in NE. Not affiliated with any State Lottery. Gambling Problem? Call 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY); 1-800-327-5050(MA); 1-877-MYLIMIT (OR); 1-800-981-0023 (PR); 1-800-GAMBLER (all others). Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/jackpocket.com\/tos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jackpocket.com\/tos<\/a> for full terms.<\/p>\n<p>This story has been updated with new information.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just in time for the holidays, the Powerball jackpot is now at a staggering $1.5 billion, the 5th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":461713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,276,1910,6411,9540,938,948,942,450,950,55355,92341,358,939,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-461712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-game","11":"tag-lottery","12":"tag-missouri","13":"tag-network","14":"tag-network-trending","15":"tag-neutral","16":"tag-overall","17":"tag-overall-neutral","18":"tag-powerball","19":"tag-powerball-game","20":"tag-texas","21":"tag-trending","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115756298675820648","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}