California Lottery, Powerball
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More than 70,000 other Powerball tickets sold in California also won prizes ranging from $4 to $19,000, the lottery stated.
What’re the odds? Luck? Coincidence? Florida, California, Mega Millions lottery drawings had 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 consecutive numbers.
Christmas Eve win in Arkansas nearly dethroned Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in 2022. Did anyone win Jan. 10, 2026, draw?
No one won the Powerball jackpot in the Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, drawing. The winning numbers for Monday's drawing were 5, 18, 26, 47, 59, with a Powerball of 1. Three tickets sold in California, Georgia, and Illinois matched five numbers to win $1 million each.
Players won $862,892 in jackpots in daily Fantasy 5 drawings in the past week, the California State Lottery said. The biggest winners from Saturday, Dec. 27, to Sunday, Jan. 4, split a $330,000 jackpot to win $111,524 each, the lottery said.
The winning numbers for the Dec. 24, 2025 drawing were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, and the Powerball was 19. Eight other players across the country won $1 million each by matching the first five numbers. Did anyone win the Powerball drawing on Christmas Eve? The Powerball lottery had reached nearly 1.82 billion, the second largest in U.S. lottery history.
Over the years, Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots crossed the elusive billion-dollar mark a whopping 14 times. Only once did it surpass $2 billion.