Will this be the drawing that ends the record drought without a Powerball jackpot winner? The winning numbers for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.25 billion were drawn on Wednesday. Here are the numbers in order of unveiling: 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66, with a red Powerball 17 and a 4x multiplier. This was the 44th drawing since the last jackpot win on Sept. 6, marking the most drawings in a single jackpot cycle since the lottery game began in 1992. The previous record-long jackpot run was 42 drawings. The odds of hitting the jackpot are a minuscule 1 in 292.2 million. The current jackpot ranks as the sixth-largest in Powerball history. It’s just the seventh jackpot to ever reach the $1 billion mark and the second to do so this year. The most recent jackpot win in September saw tickets in Missouri and Texas share a $1.787 billion grand prize, the second-largest in Powerball history. If a ticket matches all five white balls plus the red Powerball drawn on Wednesday, the winner would be faced with two options. They could either claim the $1.25 billion grand prize which is paid out through an annuity, with annual payments over 30 years. Or they could receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of an estimated $572.1 million. But, regardless of which option a winner chooses, they wouldn’t take home the full prize amount. That’s because the winnings are subject to federal taxes and, in most jurisdictions, state taxes as well. Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. There are three drawings per week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays — and tickets cost $2 each. Adding the Power Play option, which can multiply winnings by two, three, four, five or 10 times, to a ticket costs an extra $1. The largest Powerball jackpot ever awarded was in 2022 when a ticket in California won a $2.04 billion grand prize. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less