Saturday Night's Powerball Hits $1.5 Billion

Powerball mania continues, and rightfully so! Powerball jackpot has now reached an estimated $1.5 billion for Saturday night's drawing (12/20/25). This is the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot of all time, and the cash option will be valued at $686.5 million.

Eight people won at least $1 million during this drawing.

Even though nobody matched all of the numbers to win the jackpot on Saturday night, six people won $1 million, and two people won $2 million. None of these winners were in Texas.

The drawing also produced 72 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 14 tickets that won $200,000 prizes. Saturday’s Powerball drawing will be the 45th in the current jackpot run. This makes this a game record for the most drawings in a jackpot cycle.

@todayshowNo tickets matched all six numbers for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, so the jackpot is now up to $1.5 billion which is the fifth largest in history. The next drawing is set to take place on Saturday.♬ original sound - TODAY Show

It has been over three months since a Powerball jackpot winner.

The last Powerball jackpot winner was over three months ago on September 6. It was won by two people with winning tickets in Missouri and Texas that split a $1.787 billion prize.

Mega Millions also has big money up for grabs.

Friday night's drawing for Mega Millions has an estimated jackpot of $90 million with a cash option of $40.8 million. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 p.m. Central Time. Drawings are held at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia.

May you win lots of money for the holiday season. Please play responsibly.

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