Powerball tonight's drawing is for 1.6 Billion Dollars.

[Emile]

1.6 Billion dollars, imagine all the good you could do with that much money. I always wanted to play secret Santa.

[lapfog_1]

1. About $390 million after taxes ( cash value instead of installments )

assuming there is only a single winner.

I'll throw $20 or $40 at it.

[we can do it]

4. Per Powerball site- $735.3 Million cash value

[lapfog_1]

5. yes, but this is all subject to income tax

about 47% fed and state in California

[LogDog75]

6. California doesn't tax lottery winnings

I believe you'd end up paying approximately 37% in federal taxes.

[crud]

2. I bought one ticket this week

and the clerk asked me, "only one?" and I thought about it and said, "that's funny" because I was thinking that it really wouldn't increase my odds enough to make a difference. Am I wrong about that? Does having two tickets actually double your odds or do you just have two chances, each with a zillion to one odds?

[Chemical Bill]

8. I thought the way to increase your odds...

was to play the same number every drawing. Then again, I never took statistics.

[Emile]

12. It only takes one ticket to win. Our local

Golden Nugget casino gave away a brand new Jeep last month. Every time you visited the casino over a three month period, the cashier would give you a ticket to put in the drawing. I know two sisters who worked next door to the casino. They would stop after work and see the cashier for their daily tickets. Turned out the gal who won the Jeep, only had one ticket in the drawing.

[Grim Chieftain]

3. "Imagine all the good you could do with that much money"

Beautiful sentiment, Emile. l also have a mental list of causes I would donate money to. A few weeks ago, my husband was buying a few tickets, and the elderly man standing beside him said "You know, if I ever win, I'll walk up and down Main Street and give $1,000 to everyone I see". That has stayed with me - such kindness and benevolence,

I hope when someone finally does win, they will have the caring spirit of you and this local gentleman.

Good luck, friend

[Emile]

13. That would be fun handing out $1,000 bills.

[Emile]

7. No one won. Christmas Eve drawing now worth at least 1.7 billion dollars.

The winning numbers from the Monday, Dec. 22 drawing were 3-18-36-41-54, and the Powerball was 7. The Power Play was 2X.

Did anyone win Powerball drawing on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025?

No, but there were two Match 5 winners worth $1 million in New York and one each in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The drawing also produced 28 tickets that won $100,000 and 107 tickets that won $50,000.

[Chemical Bill]

9. I would fund media.

But it's not enough money to buy CBS....

[tanyev]

10. I won $14!

And it only cost me $6.

[Emile]

11. Wow, better luck than I had.

[Emile]

14. Single winning ticket won 1.817 billion dollars in Arkansas.

Santa had a whopping present in his sleigh on Christmas Eve. A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's jackpot of $1.817 billion — purchased in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night's drawing were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, with a Powerball of 19. The grand prize had a lump sum cash value of $834.9 million.