Powerball, Christmas Eve
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A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.
A lucky lottery player in Arkansas won a $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve, but the winning ticket holder still hasn’t come forward to claim their prize. CNN’s Rafael Romo spoke with a lottery official about what happens next.