$779 million Powerball: Winning numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 3

Wednesday’s jackpot officially cracked the top 10 largest Powerball prizes in history.

WASHINGTON — Check your tickets: Could you be a winner in Wednesday’s $779 million Powerball drawing?

While nobody took home the jackpot, there were some big winners, including two $1 million winners in California and Florida and a $2 million ticket sold in Kentucky with the Power Play add-on.

The jackpot now rises to an estimated $820 million for Saturday’s drawing.

The prize has grown to become the second-largest Powerball jackpot this year, though the prize pales in comparison to September’s historic drawing, when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.8 billion jackpot — the second-largest U.S. lottery prize ever won.

The jackpot was last won Sept. 6, when those two winners overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million.

The largest Powerball jackpot remains $2.04 billion, won in California in November 2022. This year has seen three major Powerball wins: the record $1.787 billion September prize, a $526.5 million jackpot claimed in California in March and a $328.5 million prize won in Oregon in January.

Winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

The winning numbers for Wednesday are 1-14-20-46-51 and Powerball 26.

When is the Powerball drawing?

The Powerball drawing takes place live at 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

What are the largest Powerball jackpots?

The top 6 largest Powerball wins have all surpassed $1 billion. Powerball lottery games have potentially huge jackpots because they are played in multiple states.