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WASHINGTON — The Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.5 billion dollars for Saturday’s drawing.
The current jackpot has been rolling since Sept. 6, when two winners beat odds of 1 in 292.2 million.
If someone wins Saturday night’s drawing, the cash value totals $689.3 million.
The current jackpot is now the fifth largest in the game’s history, and the seventh largest among U.S. lottery jackpots, with the next drawing on Saturday, Dec. 20.
This year has produced three major Powerball wins: the $1.8 billion September prize, a $526.5 million jackpot claimed in California in March and a $328.5 million prize won in Oregon in January.
Winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025
The winning numbers for Wednesday were 4-5-28-52-64, Powerball 20. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
When is the Powerball drawing?
The Powerball drawing takes place live at 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What are the largest Powerball jackpots?
The six largest Powerball wins have all surpassed $1 billion. Powerball lottery games have potentially huge jackpots because they are played in multiple states.
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.8 billion – Sept. 6, 2025 – MO, TX
- $1.765 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – CA
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.50 billion (est.) – Dec. 20, 2025
- $1.326 billion – April 6, 2024 – OR
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $842.4 million – January 1, 2024 – MI
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
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