Powerball Winning Numbers for Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The colored ball is the Powerball.
Jackpot
Advertised jackpot (annuity): $1.27 billion
No ticket matched every number, so the jackpot rolled over to $1.43 billion for the December 20, 2025 drawing.
This was rollover number 43 since the jackpot reset to $20 million on September 8, 2025.
Number Analysis
| Number | Rank (this format, before this date) | Hot / cold | Gap (draws) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | #62 | cold | 46 |
| 33 | #5 | hot | 3 |
| 53 | #15 | 14 | |
| 62 | #10 | hot | 17 |
| 66 | #27 | 13 |
The Powerball 17 ranks #25 of 26 in this format.
Computed from the 1286 Powerball drawings in the same format (since October 4, 2015) before December 17, 2025.
Prize Tiers and Odds (current rules)
| Match | Prize | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 5 + PB | Jackpot | 1 in 292,201,338 |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 in 11,688,054 |
| 4 + PB | $50,000 | 1 in 913,129 |
| 4 | $100 | 1 in 36,525 |
| 3 + PB | $100 | 1 in 14,494 |
| 3 | $7 | 1 in 580 |
| 2 + PB | $7 | 1 in 701 |
| 1 + PB | $4 | 1 in 92 |
| PB only | $4 | 1 in 38 |
| Any prize | — | 1 in 24.9 |
Base prize amounts under the current rules; Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes but does not change the odds.
About This Drawing
| Number | Times drawn before | Previous appearance |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 81 | 2025-09-01 |
| 33 | 111 | 2025-12-10 |
| 53 | 103 | 2025-11-15 |
| 62 | 106 | 2025-11-08 |
| 66 | 95 | 2025-11-17 |
| 17 (Powerball) | 41 | 2025-09-06 |
- Odd/even split: 3 odd, 2 even
- Low/high split: 2 low, 3 high
- Sum of main numbers: 239
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