What are the Powerball winning numbers on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025? Lottery jackpot and prize money

The Powerball jackpot had climbed again, to an estimated $1.6 billion, after the lottery’s top prize once more went unclaimed in this weekend’s latest drawing. Let’s check out the key numbers.

What were Dec. 22’s winning Powerball numbers?

The winning numbers in the Monday, Dec. 22 drawing were 3-18-36-41-54. The Powerball was 7. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.

How much is the Powerball jackpot now?

For Monday’s Powerball drawing, the jackpot stood at an estimated $1.6 bn, with a cash option of $686.5 million million. As no tickets picked up the grand prize, however, the total has again rolled over.

The new, $1.7 billion jackpot will come with a $781.3 million cash option, organizers say.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Dec. 24.

Winners of the grand prize have two options:

• An annuity payment spread over 30 annual instalments that grow each year.

• A lump-sum cash option, which is smaller but paid all at once.

While the jackpot often captures the headlines, there are also numerous smaller prizes. Secondary prizes range from $4 to $1 million or more, depending on how many of the winning numbers they matched. Players who add the Power Play option can multiply the size of non-jackpot prizes.

The complete winnings breakdown is:

• Match 5 White Balls + Powerball: Jackpot
• Match 5 White Balls: $1 million
• Match 4 White Balls + Powerball: $50,000
• Match 4 White Balls: $100
• Match 3 White Balls + Powerball: $100
• Match 3 White Balls: $7
• Match 2 White Balls + Powerball: $7
• Match 1 White Ball + Powerball: $4
• Match Powerball: $4
• Match 5 White Balls with Power Play: $2 million
• Match 4 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $200,000
• Match 4 White Balls with Power Play: $400
• Match 3 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $400
• Match 3 White Balls with Power Play: $28
• Match 2 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $28
• Match 1 White Ball + Powerball with Power Play: $16
• Match Powerball with Power Play: $16

What are your Powerball jackpot odds?

Players have a one in 292,201,338 chance of scooping the Powerball jackpot. The second, $1m prize comes with odds of one in 11,688,053.52.

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