The Powerball jackpot has surged to a monstrous $1.5 billion — the fifth-largest in the game’s history —ahead of the holidays after no ticket matched all six winning numbers drawn on Wednesday night. The winning numbers for the estimated $1.27 billion jackpot were 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66, with red Powerball 17.

The Powerball record was set in November 2022 when a $2.04 billion jackpot was won in California. The No. 2 jackpot was won in September, a $1.787 billion prize that was split by tickets sold in Missouri and Texas. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $2 ticket are 1 in 292,201,338.

The cash option for tonight's drawing is worth an estimated $572.1 million. The current jackpot is the sixth largest in the game's history.

The Powerball jackpot has surged to an eye-popping $1.25 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday and Monday night’s drawing, leaving the massive prize up for grabs. The winning numbers for the Dec. 15 drawing were 23, 35,59,63,68 and the Powerball number was 2, but no one claimed the top prize.

But even if you’re not a big lottery winner in Monday’s Powerball drawing, it’s still worth heeding this advice for managing a significant sum of money

The jackpot for the next drawing on Wednesday night has soared to an estimated $1.25 billion, the sixth largest ever.

Powerball’s jackpot hits $1.25 billion, the sixth-largest ever, marking rare back-to-back billion-dollar prizes just before Christmas.

Two Powerball tickets worth $200,000 and one worth $50,000 were purchased in New Jersey for Monday night’s lottery drawing. The $200,000 tickets were both sold in Parsippany, Morris County. One was purchased at a Wawa on New Road and the other at the Shell gas station on Route 46 east, lottery officials said.