Murphy gas station at Walmart in Cabot, Arkansas, sold winning ticket in 2025 Christmas Eve Powerball. Final sales pushed the total to $1.817 billion.

Bolstered by a Powerball jackpot that reached $1.8 billion and a lottery player won with a ticket purchased in Cabot, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery raised $12 million for college scholarships in December -- up from $10 million in December 2024.

A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. A $1.8 billion winning Powerball ticket was sold at an Arkansas gas station, the second largest Powerball winning in the game’s history.

Murphy gas station at Walmart in Cabot, Arkansas, sold winning ticket in 2025 Christmas Eve Powerball. Final sales pushed the total to $1.817 billion.

Christmas came early for someone who purchased a Powerball ticket at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, worth more than $1.8 billion. The lone winner in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball to capture the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.

Three Arkansans began the new year the right way by winning Big lottery prizes totaling up to $300,000. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Three Arkansans stepped into the new year with big Powerball prizes from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.

The $1.8 billion jackpot was the second largest in U.S. lottery history, after a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in Nov. 2022. It’s also the second Powerball jackpot ever won in Arkansas.

Double-check those Powerball tickets because the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Cabot, Arkansas remains unclaimed!

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