A Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey won $2 million, but just missed the $124 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers and the Power Play, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Wednesday, Dec. 25, the national Powerball site said.

A winning $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Connecticut for the Dec. 25 drawing, according to the CT Lottery. The winning numbers for the Christmas Day drawing are 15-26-27-30-35, with a Powerball of 3,

The jackpot was last won on Dec. 7 when a New York lottery player won a $256 million Powerball jackpot. Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot is at $1.15 billion for Tuesday's drawing - the fifth largest ever - with a cash option of $516.1 million, according to the Mega Millions website.

The Tennessee Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Dec. 25, 2024, results for each game: 15-26-27-30-35, Powerball: 03, Power Play: 3 Start the day smarter.

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are long. Players have a one in 292,201,338 shot at winning the grand prize, a one in 11,688,053.52 shot at winning the $1 million prize and a one in 24.87 chance of winning any prize.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $145 million. One ticket was sold matching five numbers but not the Powerball in New Jersey and is worth $2 million because the winner played the PowerPlay option.