A Powerball player there holds the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing for the game's $1.817 billion jackpot. The winner, who so far hasn't gone public, can choose between an annuitized prize of $1.817 billion or a lump sump payment of $834.9 million (both prize options are before taxes).

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. Video above: Get the Facts: What are your chances of winning the Powerball?

It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! Someone in Arkansas won a jackpot worth $1.7 billion in the Powerball lottery. The jackpot resets to $20 million for Saturday’s drawing, and, if there is no jackpot winner, will begin to climb from there.

Some big winning tickets have been sold across Indiana recently. You're no doubt aware of the Powerball drawing set for Christmas Eve, worth $1.7 billion. It's the 4th largest in game history.

A Powerball ticket worth $100k was sold at Xpress Mart at 1315 Kendall Rd. in Newberry. A second winning ticket worth $50k was sold at Food Lion at 5204 Highway 321 in Gaston. The drawing for the $1.7 billion Powerball will take place on Christmas Eve. The jackpot ranks as the fourth largest in Powerball history and among U.S. lottery games.

Someone is having a particularly jolly holiday in Woodbury, as a Powerball player won $100,00 in the drawing on Dec. 24.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two winning Powerball tickets recently sold in Kentucky. According to the Kentucky Lottery, both tickets were sold from the drawing on Sat., Dec. 13 and won the game's $50,000 prize. One ticket was purchased from the Five Star on West John Rowan Boulevard in Bardstown, Ky.