The 49-year-old had won an exceptional Pennsylvania Lottery online prize drawing that offered him a chance to win the $1 million prize soon after the ball dropped in Times Square in New York City.

He was one of five finalists cross country. Every one of the five were met on TV from their homes during the transmission.

"It's simply so strange!" Mineweaser said. "It's stunning to win $1 million! This will assist me with setting up my four children for school." https://xyp7.com

Notwithstanding the $1 million prize, he was granted $2,022 for winning the Pennsylvania drawing. He was likewise granted an at-home New Year's Eve party bundle that included $10,000, among different prizes.

Customary Powerball drawings are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Jan. 1 annuity big stake is worth in excess of a half-billion dollars.

Almost three months have passed since the last Powerball big stake victor was drawn on Oct. 4, however anybody wanting to hit the Powerball bonanza this Yuletide season has up to this point gotten just a chunk of coal.

Nobody matched every one of the numbers drawn Monday night: 36-38-45-62-64, with the Powerball 19 and Power Play 2X. The bonanza for Wednesday's attracting is assessed to be valued at $441 million, with a money payout of $317.5 million.

The big stake is climbing indeed, coming to $400 million, with a money choice of $292.0 million for the following drawing on Saturday, Dec. 25, which turns out to be Christmas Day.

Assuming somebody matches every one of the numbers Wednesday, it will be the biggest December big stake win in Powerball history.

As indicated by Powerball.com, a Powerball big stake champ has ascended from the December snow multiple times to guarantee triumph beginning around 2003.

In 2012, there was a victor consistently in December.

For those waiting for a Christmas marvel, six of those 18 successes separated Dec. 24-26 making for extraordinary smaller presents. That is a 33% possibility of a December win arriving around Christmas.

The bonanzas have gone from $30.9 million to $298.3 million, which was the all out of the last December Powerball big stake win on Dec. 26, 2018. A solitary champ from New York asserted the prize.

The normal December bonanza win comes in at about $135.53 million. https://kyb7.com

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The Powerball will be played on Christmas Day in 2021. While it's not difficult to get amped up for the possibility of winning the lottery for Christmas, you might need to treat your assumptions.

The Powerball has just been won two times on Christmas Day — a $71.5 million bonanza in 2013 and a $48.8 million big stake in 2010.

Truth be told, just two of the 18 December Powerball bonanza wins have occurred starting around 2013.

Who can say for sure? Possibly very much like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story," you'll walk down the stairs to find your rendition of a Ryder carbine-activity, 200-fired, range model air rifle as a triumphant Powerball ticket this Christmas.

That is to say, a formal notice of paper with six winning lottery numbers is way better compared to pink rabbit night wear with appended shoes from Aunt Clara. Isn't that so?

The shot at winning all that cash is infinitesimal at one in 292.2 million. The chances of winning overall are 1 in 24.9. It's normal to have months pass by without a terrific prize champ.

Since Aug. 23, Powerball drawings have been held three times each week to expand interest and develop prizes all the more rapidly. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern.

The last time somebody hit bonanza was Oct. 4 in California, winning $699.8 million. That bonanza was the seventh biggest in U.S. lottery history and fifth biggest in Powerball history.

Powerball says it holds the world record for biggest big stake. The record $1.586 billion payout, set in 2016, was shared by victors in California, Florida and Tennessee.

Here are the 10 biggest Powerball payouts, as indicated by the lottery.

$1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 https://yhn678.com

$768.4 Million – March 27, 2019

$758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017

$731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021

$699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021

$687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018

$590.5 Million – May 18, 2013

$587.5 Million – Nov. 28, 2012

$564.1 Million – Feb. 11, 2015

$559.7 Million – Jan. 6, 2018

Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2.

The other significant lottery in the U.S., Mega Millions, is up to $244 million for Tuesday's drawing. The money choice is $172.5 million.