TRENTON (December 22, 2025) – A New Jersey Lottery player using the Jackpocket app won $500,000 in Saturday’s Powerball drawing. No player in the multi-state game won the jackpot, which is now $1.6 billion heading into tonight’s drawing, the fourth highest in game history. The cash value of the prize is about $735.3 million.

The winning numbers were 04, 05, 28, 52, and 69. The Power Ball was 20, and the multiplier was 03. Eight New Jersey Lottery players matched four white balls and the Power Ball to each win $50,000.

The $500,000 ticket matched five white balls in the Double Play drawing, which is a separate event for players who opted in for the Double Play feature. The top prize is $10 million. The Double Play drawing’s numbers were 05, 08, 19, 23 and 43; the Double Play ball was 06. Two other New Jersey Lottery players matched four white balls and the Double Play ball to each win $50,000.

This current jackpot run began after two players in Missouri and Texas split the $1.8 billion jackpot on Sept. 6. Since then, 64 New Jersey players have won prizes of at least $50,000. Among those, one player won $2 million, five players won $1 million, one $500,000, four $200,000, and three $100,000.

Saturday’s 11 New Jersey Powerball winners of at least $50,000. (DP indicates Double Play winner):

The top 10 Powerball jackpots:

• $2.04 billion: Nov. 7, 2022, California;
• $1.8 billion: Sept. 6, 2025, Missouri, Texas;
• $1.765 billion: Oct. 11, 2023, California;
• $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016, California, Florida, Tennessee;
• $1.326 billion: April 6, 2024, Oregon;
• $1.6 billion: current run;
• $1.08 billion: July 19, 2023, California;
• $824.4 million: Jan. 1, 2024 , Michigan;
• $768.4 million: March 27, 2019, Wisconsin;
• $758.7 million: Aug. 23, 2017, Massachusetts.

More About the New Jersey Lottery

Since its inception in 1970, the Lottery has contributed nearly $34.7 billion to the State, helping to support many worthwhile programs and services. Lottery profits currently help bolster the public employee pension system under a 30-year agreement signed into law in 2017.