A Powerball ticket came just one number short of the historic jackpot but still secured a large prize. There was one Powerball drawing during the holiday period that made everyone so excited. One of the participants came so close to claiming the massive $1.8 billion prize money.

A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

A Powerball player in Arkansas won the $1.82 billion jackpot winning ticket on Wednesday night, the second-largest jackpot in lotto history. The winning numbers for the Christmas Eve drawing were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59 and the Powerball 19.

A Powerball lottery ticket worth $50,000 was purchased at a gas station along the Jersey Shore for Monday’s drawing. The winning ticket was sold at the Shell station on Main Street in Bradley Beach, Monmouth County, according to the New Jersey Lottery. It matched four numbers plus the Powerball.

An Omaha lottery player is holding a Powerball ticket worth $100,000 after the latest drawing. A lucky Powerball lottery winner in Omaha has one particular reason to be excited about. One of the tickets sold for the Monday lottery drawing is now worth $100,000.

Buying a lottery ticket may feel harmless, but purchasing it on the wrong day of the week can increase impulsive spending and worsen financial habits, according to behavioral experts.

A Mississippi Powerball player is $1 million richer. The winning ticket was sold at Sprint Mart #4135 in Columbus. The player matched all five white balls in the New Year's Eve Powerball drawing. If the player had added the $1 Power Play option, they would have turned $1 million into $10 million, according to Mississippi Lottery officials.

A simple and unplanned choice changed a woman’s life in North Carolina. A normal trip to the grocery store ended with her winning $2 million in Powerball. She said she did not plan to buy a lottery ticket that day. The winner is Pegi Campbell, who lives in Cramerton. She went to the Food Lion store on South New Hope Road in Gastonia to shop.