Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot last night? See winning numbers for Dec. 25 lottery drawing

The Powerball jackpot remains unclaimed once again after the Christmas drawing one lucky ticket did provide a Christmas miracle.

Had someone won Wednesday drawing they would have taken home $124 million which had cash value of $56 million according to lottery.

The Powerball jackpot has increased to a whopping $145 million with estimated cash value of $66.2 million.

In October a lucky player in Georgia won the $478 million jackpot and in August a lucky California player won a $44.3 million Powerball jackpot.

The week earlier a Pennsylvania player won a $213.8 million jackpot.

Since no one won the Powerball jackpot has climbed to $145 million with cash value of $66.2 million.

Where to buy tickets

Tickets can be bought in person at gas stations convenience  stores and grocery stores.

When is the next drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is on Saturday Dec 28 at 11 pm ET.

The jackpot is worth an estimated $145 million with cash value of $66.2 million.

How to play the Powerball

In order to buying a $2 Powerball ticket you have to visit local convenience store, gas station or grocery store and in handful of states you can purchase tickets online.

To play you will need to pick six numbers in total to mark on your ticket.

Five numbers will be white balls ranging from numbers 1 to 69.

The Powerball is red and one number which is between 1 and 26.

Players can ask a cashier for a Quick where a cashier will give you computer generated numbers on printed Powerball ticket.

Drawing are held on Monday Wednesday and Saturday nights.

If there is no jackpot winner the cash prize will increase by millions.

When is the next drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is on Saturday Dec 28 at 11 pm ET.

The jackpot is worth estimated $145 million with cash value of $66.2 million.

Here are the winning Powerball numbers for the Wednesday, Dec. 25 drawing

The winning numbers for the Powerball on Wednesday Dec. 25 are 35, 30, 27, 26, 15.

The red Powerball was 3 and Power Play was 3X.

Top strategies to win Mega Millions jackpot lottery

Mega Millions jackpot today was won by single ticket holder from New Jersey

The winner has the choice to either cash out at lump sum amount of $537.5 million or get the drawings in annual payments.

The winner from New Jersey has defeated the odds by one in 302,575,350.He is first winner of 2024 and the last prize was won on December 8 in California.

The Mega Millions jackpot amount today has been change to $20 million and next drawing is scheduled to be on Friday.

The Powerball jackpot is on its way to get $1 billion after no one won the $865 million lottery on Wednesday.

The 5th mega lottery the Mega Million jackpot ticket value $1.13 billion has won by ticket holder from New Jersey on Tuesday night

How to win Mega Millions jackpot?

According to professor of mathematics the tips is to select completely random number without any patterns. Some white ball numbers which appear more often are 31, 17, 46, 20 and 10.

The most repetitive Mega Ball numbers are 9,15,3,10 and 1

The best way to increase your chances of winning is buying more tickets with various Mega Ball numbers

What are largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

  • Powerball Jackpot: $2.04 billion won in November 2022
  • Mega Millions: $1.602 billion won in August 2023
  • Mega Millions: $1.586 billion won in January 2016
  • Mega Million: $1.537 billion won in October 2018
  • Mega Millions : $1.248 billion won in January 2023