LANSING, MI -- The Powerball jackpot is now the fifth largest in the game’s history as the estimated grand prize for Dec. 20 drawing is worth $1.5 billion. The cash option for tonight’s drawing is worth $689.3 million. Once again, MLive will provide the results shortly after the drawing takes place at 11 p.m. EST.

The Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 Powerball jackpot was an estimated $1.25 billion. Check to see if you're holding the lucky winning ticket.

Sure you can play your family's birthdays or anniversaries, but are any of Powerball numbers luckier than others?

After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn in Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot drawing, the prize has now grown to an estimated $1.5 billion.

The Powerball jackpot has surged to a monstrous $1.5 billion — the fifth-largest in the game’s history —ahead of the holidays after no ticket matched all six winning numbers drawn on Wednesday night. The winning numbers for the estimated $1.27 billion jackpot were 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66, with red Powerball 17.

In California one player matched five numbers, without the Powerball. That ticket, sold at Star Market in Salinas, won $708,443. The Powerball jackpot was last won on Sept. 6. The prize of $1.787 billion — won by two players, in Missouri and Texas — was the second-largest Powerball jackpot ever.

Powerball has grown to an estimated $1.1 billion after no ticket matched all 6 numbers in the last drawing. Dec. 15 draw is close to Hanukkah holiday.