Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery numbers: The estimated Powerball jackpot is $45 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $20.7 million.

The Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, Dec. 31 drawing is an estimated $45 million. The cash option for the Wednesday jackpot is valued at $20.7 million. No one won the jackpot in the previous drawing on Monday, Dec. 29.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.

Powerball plays are $2 each. A Power Play can be added for $1, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to 10x. This will be the second-largest Powerball jackpot won this year if a player wins Wednesday night. This comes after a player won a $1.787 billion jackpot in September.

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Wednesday, Dec. 31 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $53.4 million ($20.7 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.4 million and sold in January 2024 at Food Castle in Grand Blanc.

A lottery player in Somerset County won $50,000 in the Wednesday, Dec. 24, Powerball drawing. The winning ticket was sold at Main Street Food in South Bound Brook, 50 Main St. The winning numbers were 4, 25, 31, 52 and 59. The Power Ball was 19, and the Power Play was 2x.

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022. The winning ticket was sold at a Los Angeles-area gas station. 2. $1.817 billion, Powerball, Dec. 24, 2025: The winning ticket was sold in Arkansas. From Manhattan to Queens to Brooklyn to Staten Island and all points between, NBC New York covers New York City news, weather, traffic and more.

A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner.