A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing.
A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing.
  • The Powerball jackpot has risen to $638 million just in time for Christmas.
  • There have only been three jackpot winners who have ever won on Christmas Day.
  • The most recent Christmas win was in 2013, when a player in Missouri won $71.5 million.

As far as Christmas gifts go, this would make a decent one.

The Powerball jackpot prize rose to $638 million after no winners were drawn on Saturday. The next drawing will be on December 25. The lump-sum payout would be $321 million.