Christmas Eve 2025 Powerball Jackpot: $1.7 Billion, 4th Largest Lottery Prize Ever

CONCORD, NH — It might be a green Christmas for a lottery player on Thursday morning after the lottery announced the Powerball jackpot for Christmas Eve is expected to be the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history.

There have been 46 consecutive Powerball drawings since early September, when players in Missouri and Texas won the second-largest lottery prize in history, which was $1.78 billion. Now, Powerball is at $1.7 billion.

“As this jackpot keeps on growing, hopefully a lucky New Hampshire player gets a taste of Christmas magic this year in the way of $1.7 billion,” Charlie McIntyre, the executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, said. “Just think of the stories you can tell for generations to come about the year you woke up a billionaire on Christmas.”

The lottery estimated the one-time cash payout to be around $781.3 million before taxes.

The Top 10 Lottery Jackpots

1. $2.040 billion: Nov. 7, 2022 (Powerball)
2. $1.787 billion: Sept. 6, 2025 (Powerball)
3. $1.765 billion: Oct. 11, 2023 (Powerball)
4. $1.700 billion: Dec. 22, 2025 (Powerball) anticipated
5. $1.602 billion: Aug. 8, 2023 (Mega Millions)
6. $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016 (Powerball)
7. $1.537 billion: Oct. 23, 2018 (Mega Millions)
8. $1.348 billion: Jan. 13, 2023 (Mega Millions)
9. $1.337 billion: July 29, 2022 (Mega Millions)
10. $1.326 billion: April 6, 2024 (Powerball)

Powerball tickets are $2 per play, and McIntyre reminded Granite Staters, “It only takes one ticket to win, and here’s to wishing all of our Granite Staters good luck, and a Merry Christmas.”

Lottery tickets are available at more than 1,200 retailers across New Hampshire as well as online at nhlottery.com. Since 1964, the lottery has contributed more than $3 billion to education in the Granite State.

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