Big lottery wins around the U.S. include a lucky lottery ticketholder in California who won a $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot in December 2024. See more big winners here. And if you do end up cashing a jackpot, here’s what experts say to do first.

Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery numbers: The estimated Powerball jackpot is $45 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $20.7 million.

The winning numbers for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.6 billion were drawn on Monday, but there once again was no jackpot winner. The numbers drawn were: 3,18, 36, 41 and 54 with a red Powerball of 7. The multiplier was 2x.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.