Sorry, unless you got your ticket in Arkansas, you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot. But $1 million isn’t a bad consolation prize.<\/p>\n
Two New Yorkers took home those million-dollar second-prize tickets in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing.<\/a> The state lottery is expected to announce where those tickets were sold. <\/p>\n Just one lucky ticket holder hit the jackpot in Wednesday night’s Christmas Eve drawing, matching all five white balls and the red power ball. <\/a>The winning numbers were: 4, 25, 31, 52, and 59, along with the red Powerball 19.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the official Powerball website, the jackpot reached an estimated $1.817 billion after final ticket sales.\u00a0That makes it the second-largest in lottery history and the largest Powerball prize awarded this year.<\/p>\n The U.S. has seen more than a dozen lottery jackpot prizes exceed $1 billion since 2016. Here is a look at the largest U.S. jackpots won and the places where the winning tickets were sold:<\/p>\n 1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022. The winning ticket was sold at a\u00a0Los Angeles-area gas station<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. $1.817 billion, Powerball, Dec. 24, 2025: The winning ticket was sold in Arkansas.<\/p>\n 3. $1.787 billion, Powerball, Sept. 6, 2025. The winning tickets were sold\u00a0in Missouri and Texas.<\/a><\/p>\n 4. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023. The winning ticket was sold at a liquor store in a\u00a0tiny California mountain town<\/a>.<\/p>\n 5. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023. The winning ticket was sold at a\u00a0supermarket in Neptune Beach, Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n 6. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016. The winning tickets were sold at a\u00a0Los Angeles-area convenience store<\/a>, a\u00a0Florida supermarket<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0Tennessee grocery store<\/a>.<\/p>\n 7. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018. The winning ticket was sold at a\u00a0South Carolina convenience store<\/a>.<\/p>\n 8. $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023. The winning ticket was sold at a\u00a0Maine gas station<\/a>.<\/p>\n 9. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022. The winning ticket was sold at a\u00a0Chicago-area gas station<\/a>.<\/p>\n