(Baton Rouge, LA) Sources at the Louisiana Lottery in Baton Rouge have confirmed that a Powerball ticket sold in Louisiana for the December 22, 2025, drawing is a big winner. The ticket did not win the $1.6 billion jackpot prize but did earn a prize valued at $50,000 according to the rules of Powerball.
Last night, Monday, December 22, 2025, the multi-state Powerball lottery held a drawing for a jackpot amount that was estimated to be very close to $1.6 billion for the annuitized jackpot; the cash payout was estimated to be $729.1 million.
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How Long Has the Current Powerball Jackpot Been Growing?
The current jackpot in the Powerball lottery has been growing since September 6th, when the game’s second-largest jackpot prize was shared by two tickets. One was sold in Texas, the other was sold in Missouri. Those Powerball winners split a jackpot prize of $1.787 billion.
If you played Powerball, you will be pleased to know there were an extraordinary number of winning tickets sold in Louisiana for Monday’s game. Based on my early-morning-bleary-eyed math, it looks as if close to 30,000 winning tickets were sold in the state for Monday’s drawing.
Speaking of that drawing, here is how the numbers landed in the Powerball drawing for Monday, December 22, 2025…