Powerball jackpot climbs to $685 million after no one wins Christmas drawing
Santa did not bring anyone the winning numbers for the Christmas night Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $685 million for the next drawing Wednesday evening.
However, there was one lucky winner in Southern California, according to state lottery officials.
On Monday night, the California Lottery Press X social media account posted that a winner received a "Christmas present worth $2.08 million" after a Powerball ticket matching five numbers but not the Powerball was sold at the Donut Storr in Anaheim.
#BREAKING A Christmas present worth $2.08 million!! One big winning #PowerBall ticket in tonight’s draw was sold at the Donut Storr in Anaheim. No one hit the #jackpot, which now rolls to an estimated $685 million for Wednesday!https://t.co/sj0YeXzkBo
— CA Lottery Press (@calotterypress) December 26, 2023
The numbers drawn Monday were 5, 12, 20, 24, 29 and Powerball 4.
The new jackpot has a lump-sum option of an estimated $344.7 million.
This is the fourth Powerball jackpot to reach more than half a billion dollars this year, according to Powerball. A ticket in California won the last Powerball jackpot, $1.765 billion, in October.
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9, but the odds of scoring the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Powerball tickets cost $2, and drawings are each Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.