It has been months since the last Powerball jackpot was won, hitting an estimated $1.765 billion with a cash option of $774.1 million. The winning ticket was drawn on Oct. 11 and sold in California. That prize ranked as the second-largest Powerball jackpot and U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is the top lottery prize this weekend, reaching an estimated $468 million for the drawing on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. The Friday, Dec. 8 Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $395 million, while Saturday’s Classic Lotto jackpot is $3.5 million. Thursday’s winning Ohio Lottery numbers are:

There have been 23 consecutive drawings without a Powerball jackpot winner. Now, there is $435 million up for grabs.

Here are the winning numbers for the Dec. 6 drawing. The winning numbers for Wednesday night's drawing were 2, 12, 37, 56 and 65. The Powerball was 21 and the Power Play was 3X. While there were no jackpot winners or Match 5 + Power Play $2 million winners, there was a Match 5 $1 million winner in California.

The jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries continue to climb, closing in on $900 million after multiple recent drawings have produced no winners.

The Powerball jackpot for the next drawing on Monday is now worth an estimated $412 million after there was no winner on Saturday.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday's drawing to $468 million.