Jingle bills: Arkansas Powerball player strikes $1.8bn jackpot on Christmas Eve
Published: 12/25/2025
An Arkansas Powerball player struck gold with a $1.817bn jackpot on Christmas Eve, the second-largest lottery prize ever claimed. The winning ticket matched all six numbers, offering the winner a choice between a lump-sum cash payment of $834.9m. This marks the second Powerball jackpot won by an Arkansas ticket, with the largest single-ticket prize still standing at $2.04bn won in California in 2022.
