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Powerball winner for $1.817 billion jackpot bought lucky ticket in Arkansas. Here are the numbers.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.
The winning numbers drawn on Dec. 15 were: 23, 35, 59, 63, 68 and a Powerball of 2. The Power Play multiplier is 4x. While no one matched all five numbers and the Powerball, two $1 million prizes were won by ticket holders in Arizona and California after they matched five numbers.
Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball lottery Nov. 7, 2022, opted for the lump sum, which was just shy of $1 billion.
The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Dec. 17, drawing are: 25, 33, 53, 62, 66, and the Powerball is 17. The "Power Play" multiplier is 4x. Winning lottery numbers are sponsored byJackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.