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Powerball Rolls to $1.5 Billion After Dec. 17 Drawing Yields No Jackpot Winner

Long odds have extended the rollover into one of the year's biggest drawings.

Overview

  • The Dec. 17 winning numbers were 25, 33, 53, 62, 66 and Powerball 17, and the Power Play multiplier was 4x.
  • No ticket matched all six numbers, lifting the jackpot to an estimated $1.5 billion for Saturday with a $686.5 million cash option, the fifth-largest in Powerball history.
  • Several tickets won secondary prizes up to $1 million in states including New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
  • The next drawing is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 20, at 10:59 p.m. ET.
  • The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, and some early reports cited a $1.25 billion estimate for Wednesday before the rollover was confirmed.