The Powerball® jackpot was won in New York! A single ticket sold in New York last night matched all six numbers drawn to win a jackpot worth $256 million. The jackpot has a cash value of $123.5 million.

The winning numbers in the Powerball drawing on Saturday, December 7th 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 annual prize of $256 million or a lump sum payment of $123.5 million. Both pricing options are before taxes. If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive an 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 in prizes by matching four of the five white balls and the red Powerball. Six players doubled the prize from $50,000 to $100,000 by adding the Power Play® feature to their ticket for an additional dollar.

The Powerball jackpot has been won nine times in nine states so far this year, less than a month before New Year’s Day. The last time the Powerball game recorded nine jackpot wins in a calendar year was in 2018.

2024 Powerball jackpots

• January 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
• August 12, 2024 – $213.8 million – Pennsylvania
• August 19, 2024 – $44.3 million – California
• Oct. 23, 2024 – $478.2 million – Georgia
• December 7, 2024 – $256 million – New York

Since its first drawing in 1992, Powerball® has helped generate more than $32 billion for charities supported by U.S. lotteries. More than half of all revenue from the sale of a Powerball ticket remains in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball tickets are $2 per game. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are broadcast live from the Florida Lottery drawing studio in Tallahassee every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. Powerball drawings are also broadcast live on Powerball.com.