The Daily Populous Monday December 15th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by nbcnews.com and submitted by AudibleNod

Saturday night's Powerball drawing did not result in a winning ticket to claim the more than $1 billion top prize, meaning the jackpot inches ever higher ahead of the next drawing Monday.

The estimated jackpot is now $1.1 billion, with an upfront cash value of $503.4 million before taxes. It is the second time the multi-state game has reached or surpassed the $1 billion mark this year.

On Sept. 6, a $1.787 billion prize was split by ticketholders in Missouri and Texas. That jackpot was the second-largest in Powerball history, surpassed only by the Nov. 7, 2022, jackpot of $2.04 billion, a world national lottery record.

A winner on Monday would take home the sixth-largest jackpot in Powerball history. It would also put an end to the streak of 42 drawings without a winner.

The $2 game, played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, underwent a series of changes over the last two decades intended to boost jackpots and appeal to a broader market of ticket buyers.

The odds of winning the jackpot on Saturday were 1 in 292.2 million, according to the the game's organizers at the Multi-State Lottery Association.

Monday's draw is scheduled to take place at 10:59 p.m. ET.

homer_3 on December 14th, 2025 at 20:28 UTC »

2b is the new 1b after they nerfed the odds so much. that's why it's always hitting 1b now.

A_Nonny_Muse on December 14th, 2025 at 20:27 UTC »

When Michigan voted to have the lotto in our state, it was on the promise that all the funds would be used in our education system. But in the first year, absolutely none of it went to education. So we sued the state and got a court order that all lotto funding had to go into education.

The very next year, our lawmakers took $1 out of the general fund for education for every dollar the lotto generated for it. The net benefit for education was zero. And it's been that way ever since.

Never trust your lawmakers. Lock them down with hammers and nails if you have to.

yhwhx on December 14th, 2025 at 20:18 UTC »

I guess I've got to waste another $2...