Powerball Jackpot Balloons To $1.7 Billion For Christmas Eve Drawing In MA

Lottery players will be hoping for a Christmas miracle: the Powerball jackpot stands at a whopping $1.7 billion for Wednesday's drawing.

The top prize began ramping up in early September, after players in Missouri and Texas cashed in on the previous $1.787 billion jackpot. According to lottery officials, this is the second time back-to-back Powerball jackpots have hit $1 billion.

The winning numbers in Monday's drawing were 3-18-36-41-54 with Powerball number 7. There were $1 million winners in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

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In Saturday's drawing, there were several big winners in Massachusetts. The largest of those was a $1 million ticket sold at Dugout Supermarket in Dorchester, according to Mass Lottery. There were also four tickets worth $50,000 sold.

Last week, a $2 million Powerball winner was sold at Winner's Corner Market in North Andover.

Players can buy their Powerball tickets in participating stores or online via services like Jackpocket and Lotto.com. Merchants who sell a winning ticket will receive 1 percent of the ticket's prize amount.

Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.

The chances of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 292.2 million.

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Since its first drawing in 1992, the Powerball game has helped generate more than $36 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries.