The next Powerball drawing now is at $1.6 billion — the 4th-largest jackpot in the game's history. See how late you can buy tickets.

Little Rock retailers reported a busy day Monday selling Powerball lottery tickets for the $1.6 billion jackpot.

Santa might have a gigantic present in his bag on Christmas Eve, when the estimated jackpot for that night's drawing will be an estimated $1.7 billion — the fourth largest in Powerball and U.S. lottery history.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.

The Powerball's estimated jackpot for the next drawing Monday, Dec. 15 is $1.1 billion. It's the sixth-largest jackpot ever after no one matched the winning numbers Saturday, Dec. 13 and it soared to an estimated $1.1 billion ($503.4 million cash value).