Powerball jackpot snowballs to $1.7B ahead of Christmas Eve drawing

The Powerball jackpot has snowballed to a whopping $1.7 billion ahead of the drawing scheduled for Christmas Eve.

There were no jackpot winners on Monday night. The estimated cash value for the prize is $781.3 million as of Tuesday morning.

This is the fourth-largest jackpot in both Powerball and lottery history. The prize has been rolling since Sept. 6, when two winning tickets split a $1.787 billion prize. The tickets were sold in Missouri and in Texas.

The next Powerball drawing will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 10:59 p.m.

Tickets cost $2 each and can be purchased at Massachusetts State Lottery retailers across the state until 9:50 p.m. Wednesday. Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

The top 10 largest lottery jackpots in history are as follows:

1. $2.040 billion on Nov. 7, 2022, Powerball, sold in California

2. $1.787 billion on Sept. 6, 2025, Powerball, sold in Missouri and Texas

3. $1.765 billion on Oct. 11, 2023, Powerball, sold in California

4. $1.7 billion on Dec. 24

5. $1.602 billion on Aug. 8, 2023, Mega Millions, sold in Florida

6. $1.586 billion on Jan. 13, 2016, Powerball, sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee

7. $1.537 billion on Oct. 23, 2018, Mega Millions, sold in South Carolina

8. $1.348 billion on Jan. 13, 2023, Mega Millions, sold in Maine

9. $1.337 billion on July 29, 2022, Mega Millions, sold in Illinois

10. $1.326 billion on April 6, 2024, Powerball, sold in Oregon

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