The Powerball® jackpot has been won in New York! A single ticket sold in New York matched all six numbers drawn last night to win a jackpot worth $256 million. The jackpot has a cash value of $123.5 million.
The winning numbers in the Saturday, Dec. 7 Powerball drawing were white balls 1, 31, 43, 55, 57 and red Powerball 22. The Power Play® multiplier was 2X.
This was the ninth Powerball jackpot won this year and the first Powerball jackpot won in New York since 2020.
The lucky ticket holder in New York will have the choice between an annuitized prize of $256 million or a lump sum payment of $123.5 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5-percent each year.
Nationwide, 568,978 tickets won prizes in last night’s Powerball drawing, including 12 tickets that won $50,000 prizes by matching four of the five white balls and the red Powerball. Six players doubled the $50,000 prize to $100,000 by including the Power Play® feature on their ticket for an extra dollar.
The Powerball jackpot has been won nine times in nine states, so far, this year with less than a month remaining to the New Year. The last time the Powerball game recorded nine jackpot wins in one calendar year was in 2018.
2024 Powerball Jackpots
- Jan. 1, 2024 - $842.4 million – Michigan
- April 6, 2024 - $1.326 billion – Oregon
- May 6, 2024 - $214.9 million – Florida
- June 10, 2024 - $226.6 million – New Jersey
- July 3, 2024 - $139.3 million – Ohio
- Aug. 12, 2024 - $213.8 million – Pennsylvania
- Aug. 19, 2024 - $44.3 million – California
- Oct. 23, 2024 - $478.2 million – Georgia
- Dec. 7, 2024 - $256 million – New York
Since its first drawing in 1992, Powerball® has helped generate more than $32 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.