Did anyone win Powerball last night? Dec. 22 winning numbers; TN ticket wins big
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion, among largest in US history
The U.S. Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.6 billion, cementing its place among the largest lottery prizes in American history.
- The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.7 billion, ranking it among the top prizes in the game’s history.
- The winning numbers for the Dec. 22 drawing were 3-18-36-41-54, with a Powerball of 7.
The Powerball jackpot may soon rank among the top three largest grand prizes in the game’s history, as the total has now reached $1.7 billion.
The cash value of Saturday’s $1.6 billion jackpot, the fourth-largest in the game’s history, was estimated at $735.3 million. Now, the jackpot has hit an estimated $1.7 billion ahead of the next drawing. This grand prize is among the highest of Powerball and has outperformed the highest Mega Millions jackpot.
This total comes only a few months after a lucky winner won the $1.787 billion grand prize in September, the second-highest jackpot in the game’s history.
Here are the winning numbers for the Dec. 22 drawing.
What were the winning Powerball numbers for 12/22/2025?
The winning numbers for the Dec. 22 drawing are 3-18-36-41-54, with the Powerball being 7 and the Power Play being 2x.
No winning Match 5 and Power Play tickets worth $2 million each were sold.
Nine $1 million in Match 5 and Power Play tickets were sold in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next Powerball drawing is Dec. 24, at about 10:59 p.m. ET/9:59 CT. Powerball has three drawings each week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
How much is the Powerball jackpot now?
The jackpot ahead of the Dec. 24 drawing has reached an estimated $1.7 billion, with a lump-sum payment of $781.3 million, according to powerball.com.
The current jackpot is the fourth-largest in Powerball history. It is also the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history between Powerball and Mega Millions.
How much is the jackpot take-home?
Both the $1.7 billion annuitized prize and the $781.3 million lump-sum cash payment amounts would be before taxes. If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
The plan will go over which payout options are available:
- Annuity: One immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, with each payment being 5% larger than the previous one.
- Lump sum: One-time payment equal to all of the cash in the jackpot prize pool.
If a player wins the jackpot, they can choose between an annuitized prize of $1.60 billion and a lump-sum payment of $735.3 million. The amounts are both pre-tax. After taxes, the prize comes to $588.8 million if the winner chooses the lump-sum option, Forbes estimates.
The winner would face a 24% federal withholding tax upon picking the lump sum. However, since the prize would make them subject to the highest federal marginal tax rate of 37%, that would bring the total down to $463.2 million, according to the outlet.
If the winner selects the annuity option, they receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year. After federal taxes, the annual amount would be $33.6 million, and the net jackpot would be about $1 billion, once all payments are completed.
Thankfully, for those playing in Tennessee, you won’t have to worry about state taxes. As Tennessee does not have a state income tax, it is among eight states that do not impose secondary state taxes on lottery winnings.
What are the odds of winning a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot?
The chances of winning big are pretty slim.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot — no matter the size — are around 1 in 292.2 million.
How often does the lottery hit $1 billion or more?
Having Powerball or Mega Millions hit the $1 billion mark is no longer as uncommon as it once was.
In the last five years, there have been eight jackpots between Mega Millions and Powerball that have gone over the $1 billion mark. And three of those happened in 2023, and two occurred in 2024.
The highest lottery jackpot was won in November 2022, amounting to $2.04 billion. It was the second jackpot over $1 billion that year. Before that, the only other times a jackpot hit over a billion were in 2021, 2018 and 2016.
Top 10 highest Powerball jackpots
The latest jackpot has broken into the X-highest ever jackpots in the history of Powerball.
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – California
- $1.787 Billion – Sept. 6, 2025 – Texas
- $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – California
- $1.7 Billion – Current
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – California, Florida, Tennessee
- $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 – Oregon
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – California
- $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – Michigan
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – Wisconsin
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – Massachusetts
Top 10 U.S. lottery drawing Powerball and Mega Millions jackpot results
Here are the nation’s all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
- $2.04 billion, Powerball — Nov. 7, 2022; California
- $1.787 Billion Powerball – Sept. 6, 2025 – Texas
- $1.765 billion, Powerball — Oct. 11, 2023; California
- $1.7 billion, Powerball — Current
- $1.602 billion, Mega Millions — Aug. 8, 2023; Florida
- $1.586 billion, Powerball — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina
- $1.35 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 13, 2023; Maine
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois
- $1.326 billion, Powerball — April 6, 2024; Oregon
Jordan Green covers trending news for The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at jordan.green@commercialappeal.com.
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