Lottery fever steadily builds as the Powerball climbs closer to a billion dollars. The Wednesday, Dec. 10 Powerball drawing is $930 million with a cash option of $429 million. It will be the seventh largest Powerball and the 15th largest US lottery jackpot ...

On Christmas Eve, one single ticket sold in Cabot, Arkansas matched all six numbers drawn to win the $ 1.817 billion jackpot, which has a cash option of $834.9 million before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% every year.

After an historic Powerball jackpot in September, the prize is once again among the 10 largest in the lottery's history. Here's what to know about the next Powerball drawing. You can buy Powerball tickets at authorized lottery retailers, like gas stations ...

Powerball's second-largest jackpot of the year grew again after no one matched all the numbers in Monday's drawing. Why it matters: The jackpot for the Dec. 17 drawing has climbed to an estimated $1.25 billion, with a cash value of $572.1 million before taxes. It's the sixth-largest Powerball prize ever and sets "a game record for most consecutive drawings in a single jackpot cycle," lottery ...