According to the Virginia Lottery, more than 87,000 tickets purchased in Virginia won prizes in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.
The lottery said five tickets each won $50,000. Since no ticket in Virginia or anywhere else matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Saturday, December 20, drawing climbs to an estimated $1.5 billion.
The Virginia Lottery said the five winning tickets each matched four of the first five numbers plus the Powerball. They were sold at the following locations:
- Food Lion, 4092 Lankford Highway, Exmore
- Safeway, 3043 Nutley Street, Fairfax
- Tiger Market and Bakery, 3903 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Alexandria
- Fas Mart, 4690 Pouncey Tract Road, Glen Allen
- Smoketown Shell, 15550 Neabsco Mills Road, Woodbridge
Powerball tickets are available at approximately 5,300 Virginia Lottery retailers statewide or online through the Virginia Lottery mobile app, according to the lottery.
All Virginia Lottery profits, including revenue from Powerball ticket sales, support K–12 education in Virginia. In Fiscal Year 2025, the Lottery generated more than $901 million for K–12 education, accounting for about 10 percent of Virginia’s total K–12 school budget, according to the Virginia Lottery.
Powerball drawings take place at 10:59 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Prizes range from $2 to the jackpot. The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338, while the odds of winning any prize are 1 in 25.
You must be at least 18 years old to play Virginia Lottery games. With all gaming, please play responsibly. If you or someone you know may have a gambling problem, help is available by calling, texting, or chatting 24/7 with the Virginia Problem Gambling Helpline at 888-532-3500, according to the Virginia Lottery.
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