Prizes vary from $4 for the matching the Powerball to $1 million for matching all five white balls (except in California) to the jackpot for matching all six balls. You can check all the prize payouts on the Powerball website here. You can play the game in 45 states plus the Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Powerball jumped to $163 million for Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, just before New Year’s Eve. Mega Millions was at $1.22 billion days earlier

Powerball jumped to $145 million for Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, ahead of New Year’s Eve. Mega Millions was at $1.22 billion a day earlier

Powerball players, it's your last chance to become a millionaire playing the game. Check out the results of the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing here.

It’s been a busy month for lottery players. The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at a $1.22 billion ahead of a Dec. 27 drawing, after a Christmas Eve drawing failed to yield a winner. That makes it the largest such prize for either of the two big multistate lottery games — Mega Millions and Powerball — in the holiday-filled month of December,

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing with a jackpot is back to $163 million ($73.9 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.