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The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s draw has soared into the ranks of the top 10 largest prizes in the game’s history.
WASHINGTON — Have you checked your Powerball tickets yet? Wednesday’s draw boasted a massive $775 million jackpot, and you might just be a winner!
Although no one clinched the grand prize, some players celebrated significant wins. Notably, there were two $1 million tickets sold in California and Florida, and a $2 million winner in Kentucky thanks to the Power Play option.
With no jackpot winner, the prize has now escalated to a whopping $820 million for the upcoming Saturday draw.
This growing jackpot marks the second-largest of the year for Powerball. Nonetheless, it still falls short of the monumental $1.8 billion jackpot split by lucky ticket holders in Missouri and Texas last September, marking the second-largest lottery win in U.S. history.
The jackpot was last won Sept. 6, when two Missouri and Texas winners overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million.
The largest Powerball jackpot remains $2.04 billion, won in California in November 2022. This year has seen three major Powerball wins: the record $1.787 billion September prize, a $526.5 million jackpot claimed in California in March and a $328.5 million prize won in Oregon in January.
Winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025
The winning numbers for Wednesday are 1-14-20-46-51 and Powerball 26.
When is the Powerball drawing?
The Powerball drawing takes place live at 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What are the largest Powerball jackpots?
The top 6 largest Powerball wins have all surpassed $1 billion. Powerball lottery games have potentially huge jackpots because they are played in multiple states.
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.8 Billion – Sept. 6, 2025 – MO, TX
- $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 – OR
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – MI
- $775 Million (est.) – Dec. 3, 2025
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA