Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, Powerball was $1.25 billion while Florida Lotto prize was $7.25 million. Will there be a winner around Hanukkah or Christmas?

The day before Wednesday's $1.25 billion Powerball jackpot drawing, the Jackpot Triple Play, Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 and Mega Millions drawings produced one big prize winner.

Players in the Sunshine State have won 17 Powerball jackpots since the Florida lottery added the game in 2009, according to media reports and Florida Lottery data, with jackpots ranging from $50 million up to a staggering $1.5 billion. Here are the lucky players.

Thinking about buying a Florida Lottery ticket for Christmas? Or maybe a Powerball ticket for the $1.10 billion jackpot? See December winners.

The luckiest Florida Lottery draw game players on Saturday, with the $1 billion Powerball jackpot, Cash4Life, Florida Lotto and Fantasy 5 big prizes on the line, played at a Publix and a gas station.

In Florida, players must go to a Florida Lottery retailer, Florida Lottery District Office or the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee to claim a prize over $250,000. If the prize is $250,000 or less, you could save yourself the trip and claim your prize by mail.

Florida Lotto players pick 6 numbers between 1 and 53 and have a 1 in 22,957,480 chance to win the top prize. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays.

A light Sunday on Florida Lottery major money draw games — Cash4Life and Fantasy 5 — preceded Monday’s drawings that will include a Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.1 billion. But despite only three drawings, Sunday did have one jackpot winner.