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Prizes vary from $4 for the matching the Powerball to $1 million for matching all five white balls (except in California) to the jackpot for matching all six balls. You can check all the prize payouts on the Powerball website here. You can play the game in 45 states plus the Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Powerball players, it's your last chance to become a millionaire playing the game. Check out the results of the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing here.

Powerball jumped to $163 million for Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, just before New Year’s Eve. Mega Millions was at $1.22 billion days earlier

The Powerball jackpot increased to $145 million after there was no jackpot winner in the drawing on Christmas.

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Monday, Dec. 30 drawing with a jackpot is back to $163 million ($73.9 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.

Powerball jackpot will be worth an estimated $178 million after zero players matched all six numbers during the $166 million drawing Monday (December 30) night. Results from Monday's Powerball game are listed below: NUMBERS: 9-19-33-38-39 POWERBALL: 1 POWER PLAY: 3x The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.