NY sells 2 winning Powerball tickets as jackpot hits $1.7B before Christmas

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Powerball jackpot rises to $1.7B ahead of Christmas Eve

The New York Lottery today announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the Dec 21 TAKE 5 EVENING drawing. 

No one won the $1.59 billion Powerball jackpot in Monday night’s drawing, but two tickets sold in New York matched five numbers to claim $1 million second-prize winnings, lottery officials said.

What we know:

One winning ticket was sold at a newsstand at 45 Pine St. in Manhattan, near Wall Street. The second $1 million ticket was purchased at a Shell gas station at 100 W. Merrick Rd. in Valley Stream, in Nassau County.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 22: An advertisement for Powerball is displayed outside of a newsstand in Manhattan on December 22, 2025, in New York City. After the last drawing produced no winners, the U.S. Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated …

The two New York winners were among nine $1 million winners nationwide. Other winning tickets were sold in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Powerball winning numbers

Monday night’s winning numbers were 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 and the red Powerball 7, with a Power Play of 2X.

How much is the Powerball jackpot for Saturday?

With no jackpot winner, the Powerball prize has now grown to $1.7 billion, up from $1.6 billion in the previous drawing. Since Sept. 6, there have been 46 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

What's next:

The next Powerball drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24. The estimated jackpot is expected to become the fourth-largest in U.S. lottery history.

How to play Powerball

Powerball tickets cost $2 and are sold in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

Powerball drawings air live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET and are also livestreamed on the Powerball website.

The Source: This report is based on official Powerball drawing results.

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