<figure id="attachment_3243517" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3243517" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3243517" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/435bd7cd-13601178.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3243517" class="wp-caption-text">The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
WASHINGTON: A lucky lottery player in the US state of Arkansas has won the US$1.8 billion Powerball prize, the second-largest US lottery jackpot ever won, the gambling game&#8217;s organizer said on Thursday.
&#8220;With final ticket sales, the Powerball jackpot reached US$1.817 billion, making it the second-largest US lottery jackpot ever won and the largest Powerball prize this year,&#8221; Powerball said in a statement.
The drawing was held on Christmas Eve.
The winner can claim the full amount in 30 annual payments or opt for a one-off cash payout of US$834.9 million before tax.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.
The largest lottery bonanza in history was US$2.04 billion, awarded in 2022 to a person who bought their ticket in California.

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