Powerball winner Dec. 20 for $1.5 billion after Florida tickets win big?

Lottery madness continues – just in time for the holiday season! With Powerball reaches $1.5 billion and Florida continues its recent hot streak With five $1 million wins in less than a month, here’s how the Sunshine State wins.

As they say in the lottery business, “this could happen to you.”

After no one matches all five numbers plus the Powerball Wednesday, December 17, Powerball drawjackpot jumped 1.5 billion dollars is a huge figure for Saturday, December 20. According to Powerball online, if someone wins the grand prize and goes to collect the money, the one-time lump sum will be $686.5 million.

The jackpot is Powerball’s fifth-largest jackpot of all time and one of 14 times the lottery jackpot has reached or exceeded $1 billion or more (see below). On Saturday, December 20, the winning numbers in Powerball were 4-5-28-52-69 and 20 in Powerball. Power Play increased to 3x. Well let’s see if there is a winner or an even higher chance of unexpected precipitation during Hanukkah and before Christmas.

If you are wondering, the winning numbers on Wednesday, December 17th were 25-33-53-62-66, and the Powerball was 17. Power Play became 4x.

Even though it resulted in a rollover, it wasn’t all bad news: There were eight lucky tickets that won big in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. Tickets purchased in Arizona and Massachusetts were matched for $2 million in prizes with 5 plus Power Plays. And there were three game 5 winning tickets in New York and one each in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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There have also been other recent Florida Powerball victories; Five giveaways in less than a month:

• Saturday, December 13, winning Powerball numbers It was 1-28-31-57-58 and the Powerball was 16. Power Play was 2x. Although the jackpot was not won that Saturday, some other tickets were lucky. Hailing from Florida, he was one of five (California, Michigan, New Jersey and Virginia) matched 5 for the $1 million prize. Two lucky tickets, one from North Carolina and the other from Pennsylvania, matched 5 plus Power Plays to win a $2 million prize.

• The Powerball numbers for Monday, December 8th were 8-32-52-56-64 and the Powerball was 23. Power Play was 2x. Although those numbers led to another rollover, it was good news for one local Powerball player: Monday’s only second prize Powerball drawing came from Florida. This ticket won a $1 million prize purchased at 7-Eleven, 3991 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart, Florida, part of Treasure Coast.

• The winning Powerball numbers on Saturday, December 6th were 13-14-26-28-44 and Powerball 7. Power Play became 2x. Although these numbers did not cover the jackpot, it wasn’t all bad news: One ticket from Florida and two tickets from Georgia and Texas matched 5 to win a $1 million prize. Even luckier was a ticket purchased in New Jersey that matched 5 plus Power Play and was a $2 million prize. The local Powerball winner purchased his winning ticket at Circle K, 2809 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach, Florida.

• for Powerball lottery draw on Wednesday, December 3 – With winning numbers 1-14-20-46-51 and Powerball 26, Power Play 3x – there were three big winners in that Powerball drawing. One Florida and one California ticket each matched 5 for a $1 million prize. Even luckier, a ticket purchased in Kentucky matched 5 plus Power Plays to become a $2 million prize. Local $1 million Powerball ticket purchased Town Star is at 1305 W. Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, Florida. It was a quick choice.

• And finally, on Saturday, November 29, the Powerball ticket drawn for the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday weekend won $1 million by matching five numbers. The winning numbers from the quick guess ticket were 19-22-30-32-59 and Powerball 1. It was Power Play 2. Flash guess ticket purchased at Thorntons, 425 E. Brandon Blvd., Brandon, Florida.

The current jackpot has been rolled over more than 40 times since then Resetting to 20 million dollars On September 8, Fredericksburg, Texas and St. When a pair of tickets from St. Louis, Missouri, won the $1.787 billion Powerball drawing on September 6.

Mega Millions has been a huge lottery craze this holiday season as well. Tickets from Georgia Publix all five numbers matched plus Mega Ball will make a whopping $980 million on Friday, November 14. This Mega Millions jackpot rose to the top Mega Millions jackpot list of all time, almost becoming the second billion-dollar lottery jackpot of 2025 and the 14th jackpot overall in the history of Mega Millions and Powerball.

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Powerball winner anyone? What were the winning numbers in Powerball on Saturday, December 20, 2025? 4-5-28-52-69 and the Powerball was 20

Powerball lottery drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11pm ET, including holidays. The winning Powerball numbers on Saturday, December 20th were 4-5-28-52-69 and the Powerball was 20. Power Play became 3x. We’ll see if there will be a big winner so soon after the historic $1.8 billion Powerball, or if there will be a chance to win more money during the 2025 holiday season.

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How long does Powerball roll over?

The current Powerball series begins Monday, September 8, in Fredericksburg, Texas and St. It began after a ticket purchased in St. Louis, Missouri matched all five numbers and the Powerball in the $1.787 billion drawing on September 6, 2025.

Below is a summary of the draws, rollover amounts, and how much the jackpot has increased over time.

• Saturday, December 20: $1.5 billion

When is the next Powerball draw? What are the chances of winning the Powerball lottery?

Powerball drawings take place at 11pm ET on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. Accordingly powerball.comWhether the jackpot is $20 million or $2 billion, players have a 1 in 292.2 million chance of matching all six numbers. Prizes range from $2 to a grand prize jackpot.

The next Powerball drawing will be held on Monday, December 22, a few days before the 2025 Christmas holidays.

What are the possibilities? The Florida Lotto game draw features consecutive numbers: 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Florida Lottery prizes must be claimed within 180 days (six months) from the drawing date. To claim the single payment cash option, the winner must claim it within the first 60 days after the applicable drawing date.

The Florida Lottery said scratch-off tickets and Fast Play game prizes “must be claimed within 60 days of the official end-of-game date. Once the valid period expires, the applicable Florida Lottery ticket will expire.”

Can Florida lottery winners remain anonymous?

Accordingly Florida Lottery websitewinners cannot remain anonymous: “Florida law requires the Florida Lottery to provide records containing information such as the winner’s name, city of residence, game won, date won, and amount won to any third party who requests it.”

However, the site states, “The names of lottery winners claiming prizes of $250,000 or more will be temporarily exempt from public disclosure for 90 days from the date the prize is claimed, unless otherwise waived by the winner.”

Lottery experts and lawyers say there are ways to keep your name secret if you win.

What are the 10 biggest Powerball jackpots in history?

Here are the top 10 Powerball jackpots in the history of the game as of December 20, 2025:

10. $758.7 million — August 23, 2017; massachusetts

9. $768.4 million – March 27, 2019; Wisconsin

8. $842.4 million — January 1, 2024; Michigan

7. $1.08 billion — July 19, 2023; California

6. $1.33 billion — April 6, 2024; oregon

5. $1.5 billion — December 20, 2025? not yet known

4. $1.586 billion — January 13, 2016; California, Florida and Tennessee

3. $1.765 billion Powerball drawing — October 11, 2023; California

2. $1.787 billion – September 6, 2025; Missouri and Texas

1. $2.04 billion – November 7, 2022; California

When did lottery jackpots reach $1 billion or more in Mega Millions and Powerball? What are the biggest lottery jackpots in US history?

As of December 20, 2025, there have been 14 lottery jackpots reaching or exceeding $1 billion. The jackpot has exceeded $2 billion only once. These are the largest lottery jackpots in US history.

5. $1.58 billion Mega Millions prize, August 8, 2023, Saltines Holdings LLC, Miami, Florida

6. The $1.537 billion Mega Millions prize was won by an unknown player in South Carolina, October 23, 2018

7. $1.5 billion Powerball prize, December 20, 2025? not yet known

8. $1.348 billion Mega Millions prize with ticket purchased at LaKoma Island Investments, LLC, Lebanon, Maine, January 13, 2023

9. $1.337 billion Mega Millions prize won in an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Illinois, on July 29, 2022

10. $1.326 billion Powerball prize, April 6, 2024, Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Chao from Oregon

12. The $1.128 billion Mega Millions prize on March 26, 2024 was won by an anonymous winner in New Jersey at ShopRite Liquor No. 1 in Neptune Township, New Jersey. Won with ticket purchased from 781.

13. $1.08 billion Powerball prize, July 19, 2023, Yanira Alvarez from California

14. The $1.050 billion Mega Millions prize was won by the Wolverine FLL Club in Oakland County, Michigan, January 22, 2021

(This story has been updated to include new information.)

This article was first published in the Palm Beach Post: Did the Powerball winner win the $1.5 billion jackpot on Saturday, December 20, 2025?