$1.7B Powerball jackpot drawn on Christmas Eve
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It’s a very happy holiday for a lucky lottery player in Cabot, Arkansas, who nabbed a $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve, according to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. Last minute ticket sales in Wednesday’s drawing pushed the jackpot to $1.
Just in time for Christmas, one lucky Powerball player could win $1.7 billion before taxes in tonight's lottery drawing.
The cash option for the Dec. 24 drawing is worth $781.3 million. The jackpot is the fourth largest prize in Powerball history and the fourth largest in U.S. lottery history. Once again, MLive will provide the results shortly after the drawing takes place at 11 p.m. EST.