The top prize in the Powerball lottery has surpassed $1 billion. Billion-dollar pots are becoming more common as more people buy tickets.

If you are feeling unlucky or want the computer to do the work for you, the “Quick Pick” option is available, where computer-generated numbers will be printed on a Powerball ticket. To win the jackpot, players must match all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball.

Powerball has grown to an estimated $1.1 billion after no ticket matched all 6 numbers in the last drawing. Dec. 15 draw is close to Hanukkah holiday.

If someone wins the $1.1 billion Powerball drawing on Monday, it would be the 6th larges jackpot in the game's history.

LANSING, MI -- A lucky player in Michigan won a $1 million prize in the Powerball drawing held on Saturday, Dec. 13. The winner matched all five white numbers drawn -- 1-28-31-57-58 -- to win the prize. Had the player also matched the red Powerball number -- which was 16 -- they would have won the $1.059 billion jackpot.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, Powerball lottery jackpot at $1 billion not long after 4 Florida tickets won $1 million. Now another Florida ticket wins big.

Whether or not anyone wins the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot on Saturday, at least one of the losers might already be known: Mega Millions. Powerball tickets, priced at $2 apiece, are selling briskly,