Overview
- Monday’s winning numbers were 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 with a red Powerball 7 and a 2X Power Play.
- With no six-number match, the advertised jackpot rose to an estimated $1.7 billion, with a cash option of about $781.3 million before taxes.
- Powerball says the Dec. 24 drawing will be the 47th in the current run without a jackpot hit, which it calls a record for the game.
- Nine tickets matched all five white balls to win $1 million each, sold in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
- The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, and winners may choose an annuity—an immediate payment plus 29 annual increases of 5%—or the lump-sum cash option; the game is offered in 45 states, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.