Powerball winner hits $1 million prize in Ohio as jackpot soars to $1.7 billion for Christmas Eve

Описание: Although nobody won the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot in the latest drawing that was held on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, the Ohio Lottery says there were thousands of other winners throughout the state -- including one big winner who hit a prize worth $1 million and three others who hit $100,000.

The winning ticket worth $1 million was sold at Players Cafe in Columbus, according to the Ohio Lottery. The player picked their own numbers.

The three winning tickets worth $100,000 were sold at the following locations.

Giant Eagle in North Royalton: Auto-pick numbers
Sheffield Apples in Lorain: Auto-pick numbers
Speedway in Huber Heights: Auto-pick numbers

Powerball officials say there were also winning tickets worth $1 million sold in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York (two), Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The winning numbers from the Monday night drawing were 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 and Powerball 7. The Power Play option was 2.

The jackpot now climbs to $1.7 billion for the next Powerball drawing, which is set for Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 10:59 p.m. That prize has a cash option worth $781.3 million.

Powerball lottery officials say the odds of hitting the jackpot are one in 292,201,338. The odds of hitting a $1 million winning ticket in Powerball, meanwhile, are one in 11,688,053.52.

Did you win anything? Check the list of all the prizes hit in Ohio: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/lot...

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