The Christmas Eve Powerball® Jackpot is $1.7 Billion

– The estimated Powerball® jackpot for Wednesday, December 24, 2025,

has reached $1.7 billion. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $781.3 million.

Tonight’s jackpot is the fourth-largest in Powerball and U.S. lottery history. If the jackpot is hit

in New Mexico, it will be the largest jackpot won in this state and the sixth time a New Mexico

player has won the Powerball jackpot. Past Powerball® jackpot winners include:

November 2000, $131 million

14 employees from Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque

Robert Adkins Cecil Blancett

Duane Carr Ernest Curley

Nelse De Loach Dwayne Hayden

B. Mark Madrid Jeffrey McCullough

Vernon Valdez James Young

Charles Tabet Mary Batson

Almer Dial Felix Silva III

Store: Circle K No. 379, 1200 San Pedro SE, Albuquerque

February 2002, $32 million

Isabell and Rafael Delgado, Las Cruces

Store: Pic Quik #14, 210 E. Union, Las Cruces

August 2005, $93.4 million

Master Sergeant John San Cartier, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque

Store: Raley’s Superstore No. 805, 6200 Coors NW, Albuquerque

May 2007, $62.8 million

Felipe Pina, Los Ojos

Store: Giant Sundial No. 5 at the intersection of Highway 84-64 in Chama

September 2008, $206.9 million

9 players from the Roswell area

Carl and Holly Baldwin

Kevin and Jessica Breedyk

Ron and Cindy Miller

Ryan and Nicole MillerRandy Miller

Store: Roswell Shell No. 47, 3001 N. Main Street, Roswell

While jackpots this large are exciting, players are reminded to play responsibly. The New

Mexico Lottery offers Healthy Play tools and resources at nmlottery.com; click on “Healthy

Play” in the menu.

New Mexico Lottery players have until 8:00 p.m. MT on December 24, 2025, to buy tickets for

the December 24, 2025, Powerball draw.

How to Play Powerball

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Two add-on features are available for purchase:

• Power Play® ($1 per play) multiplies any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, 5, or even 10.

• Powerball Double Play® ($1 per play) offers a chance to match Powerball numbers in a

second drawing for a chance to win up to $10 million. This drawing occurs after the regular

Powerball draw on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

Players should also check their tickets for non-jackpot prizes after the draw has taken place.

Non-jackpot prizes range from $4 up to $1 million and are multiplied (up to $2 million) when

Power Play has been purchased.

Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

More than half of the proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction

where the ticket was sold. Drawings are broadcast live from the Florida Lottery draw studio in

Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also streamed online at Powerball.com.

Legislative Lottery Scholarships

Since 1996, the New Mexico Lottery has raised more than $1.1 billion for education, and more

than 161,000 students have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships.

More information about Legislative Lottery Scholarships is available at nmlottery.com.