Single ticket in Arkansas wins $1.8 billion dollar jackpot in Christmas Eve lottery bonanza

A single ticket sold in Arkansas won the second largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history, a $1.817 billion Christmas Eve bonanza in the Powerball game.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night's drawing were 4, 25, 31, 52, and 59, with the Powerball number of 19. The grand prize had a lump sum cash value of $834.9 million.

The Powerball jackpot had been won once before on Christmas Eve, in 2011.

The largest jackpot in history was $2.04 billion won in California in 2022, also with Powerball.