Did anyone win Powerball last night, Dec. 17? Latest winning numbers
What are your chances of winning any prize on the Powerball game?
Powerball is a popular lottery game around the U.S. but winning isn’t easy.
- The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won the grand prize on December 17.
- While there was no jackpot winner, eight tickets won prizes of $1 million or $2 million across the country.
- The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Saturday, December 20.
And the Powerball jackpot keeps going up.
The Wednesday, Dec. 17, Powerball drawing held several winners, but nobody struck it big with winning the more than $1.2 billion jackpot. This drawing is now the fifth-largest jackpot in the history of the lottery game and the second $1 billion Powerball jackpot of 2025.
Will we see another winner before Christmas or the end of the year?
“This jackpot is set to deliver the ultimate windfall,” said Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group Chair and Iowa Lottery CEO.
Now sitting at an estimated $1.5 billion it would be a large “windfall” for any winner. Here’s a look at when you should buy your next ticket and the winning numbers from the Dec. 17 drawing.
What are the Powerball winning numbers for last night, 12/17/2025?
The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Dec. 17, drawing are: 25, 33, 53, 62, 66, and the Powerball is 17. The “Power Play” is 4x.
Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot last night, Dec. 17, 2025?
No one walked away with the $1.27 billion jackpot last night, but there were other winners
Six tickets sold in Connecticut, New York (3), Pennsylvania and Tennessee. matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes in the Dec. 17 drawing. Two tickets, sold in Arizona and Massachusetts, matched all five white balls, plus the “Power Play, to win $2 million.
The drawing also produced 72 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 14 tickets that won $200,000 prizes
How much is the Powerball jackpot now?
The Powerball jackpot has hit an estimated $1.5 billion, with a $686.5 million lump cash value.
As we’ve seen in previous drawings, the jackpot can always go higher ahead of the next drawing.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next Powerball drawing is on Saturday, Dec. 20, at approximately 10:59 p.m. ET/9:59 p.m. CT. Powerball has three drawings each week on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
When was the last Powerball jackpot won?
The Powerball jackpot was last won on Sept. 6 by two tickets, one in Missouri and the other in Texas, that split a $1.787 billion prize, according to powerball.com.
What’s the top Powerball, Mega Millions jackpot win in South Carolina?
The biggest winning ticket in the Palmetto State actually came from the Upstate.
In October 2018, the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot winner was an anonymous South Carolina woman who bought a ticket while visiting Greenville County. She opted for a one-time lump-sum payment of $877,784,124, according to South Carolina Lottery officials.
It was the largest win ever in South Carolina and the last time South Carolina had a jackpot win.
How to play Powerball
Strategies for playing the Powerball lottery game
Some suggestions for having the most luck with the popular lottery game.
Want to play Powerball but not quite sure how it works? Here are some things to know.
- To play Powerball, you first select five white ball numbers. These five numbers will be between one and 69. Then, pick one “Powerball” or red ball number. This number will be between one and 26.
- For an extra dollar, you may choose to “power play,” which multiplies all non-grand prize winnings by a factor of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10.
- If you match at least one number in the Powerball drawing, you win a prize.
SC lottery: Where to buy lottery tickets in SC? Can I buy one online?
In South Carolina, tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores, and some grocery stores that sell them statewide.
South Carolina does not have online sales of Powerball and other lottery tickets, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
When do I have to buy a Powerball ticket by for the next drawing in SC?
You’ve got some time until the next drawing, but sales of Powerball tickets end at 9:59 p.m. at retail stores the day of a drawing.
What are the biggest prizes in Powerball history?
Here’s how the biggest jackpot prizes in Powerball history stack up:
- $2.040 billion, won in California on Nov. 7, 2022
- $1.787 billion, won in Missouri and Texas on Sept. 6, 2025
- $1.765 billion, won in California on Oct. 11, 2023
- $1.586 billion, won in California, Florida, and Tennessee on Jan. 13, 2016
- $1.5 billion, estimated prize for Saturday, Dec. 20 drawing.
- $1.326 billion, won in Oregon on April 6, 2024
- $1.080 billion, won in California on July 19, 2023
- $842.4 million, won in Michigan on Jan. 1, 2024
- $768.4 million, won in Wisconsin on March 27, 2019
- $758.7 million, won in Massachusetts on Aug. 23, 2017
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