{"id":51497,"date":"2025-12-21T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=51497"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:19:55","slug":"powerball-jackpot-climbs-to-1-6-billion-for-monday-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=51497","title":{"rendered":"Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion for Monday drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dec. 21 (UPI) &#8212;&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Powerball\/\">Powerball<\/a>&nbsp;jackpot has climbed to $1.6 billion after no one claimed the winning ticket following Saturday&#8217;s drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There have been 45 consecutive drawings with no grand-prize winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The new jackpot is the fourth largest in the game&#8217;s history, and the fifth biggest among all U.S. lottery jackpots,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/powerball-jackpot-soars-to-1.6-billion-for-monday-drawing\">Powerball said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Saturday&#8217;s was the second consecutive drawing with a jackpot&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/20\/business\/powerball-jackpot-saturday-drawing\">in excess of $1 billion<\/a>&nbsp;that produced no winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The last Powerball winner claimed $1.787 billion in September. There have been 45 consecutive winnerless drawings since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Powerball winners have the choice between taking an annual payout, or a lump-sum prize. If someone wins Monday&#8217;s drawing, they will have the option of receiving a $1.6 billion annuitized payment, or a $735.5 million one-time prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There was no grand prize winner Saturday, but 112 ticket holders claimed a $50,000 payout, and 22 claimed $150,000 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Tickets sold in California, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire and Ohio each won $1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A winner of the Double Play drawing in New Jersey claimed a $500,000 prize, Powerball said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The odds of winning the grand prize jackpot are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/powerball-prize-chart\">one in 292.2 million<\/a>, according to Powerball, though they are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/2025\/12\/21\/powerball-winning-numbers-12-20-results-next-drawing\/87848738007\/\">better for smaller prizes<\/a>, which can range to as low as $4. Tickets are $2 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. EST every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2025\/12\/21\/powerball-jackpot-climbs-to16-billion\/9431766362122\/\">upi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec. 21 (UPI) &#8212;&nbsp;The&nbsp;Powerball&nbsp;jackpot has climbed to $1.6 billion after no one claimed the winning ticket following Saturday&#8217;s drawing. There have been 45 consecutive drawings with no grand-prize winner. The new jackpot is the fourth largest in the game&#8217;s history, and the fifth biggest among all U.S. lottery jackpots,&nbsp;Powerball said. 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