The Powerball® Jackpot Soars to $875 million

ALBUQUERQUE – The estimated Powerball® jackpot for the Monday, December 8, 2025, draw is $875 million. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $403.6 million. Tonight’s jackpot is the 7th-largest Powerball jackpot in U.S. lottery history.

Top Ten Powerball Jackpots

  1. $2.04 Billion – November 7, 2022 – CA
  2. $1.787 Billion – September 6, 2025 – MO, TX
  3. $1.765 Billion – October 11, 2023 – CA
  4. $1.586 Billion – January 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
  5. $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 – OR
  6. $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
  7. $875 Million (estimated) – December 8, 2025
  8. $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – MI
  9. $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
  10. $758.7 Million – August 23, 2017 – MA

The Powerball jackpot has been won five times in New Mexico, in addition to numerous winners of $1 million and above for both Powerball and Mega Millions®.

Players are reminded to check their tickets after the draw for non-jackpot prizes. Non-jackpot prizes range from $4 to $1 million, which can be multiplied if the player purchases the Power Play® option.

New Mexico Lottery CEO David Barden reminds players to have fun and play responsibly.

New Mexico Lottery players have until 8:00 p.m. MT tonight to buy tickets for the December 8, 2025, Powerball draw.  

How to Play Powerball

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Two add-on features are available for purchase:

  • Power Play® ($1 per play) multiplies any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, 5, or even 10.
  • Powerball Double Play® ($1 per play) offers a chance to match Powerball numbers in a second drawing for a chance to win up to $10 million. This drawing occurs after the regular Powerball draw on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of the proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Drawings are broadcast live from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also streamed online at Powerball.com.

Legislative Lottery Scholarships

Since 1996, the New Mexico Lottery has raised more than $1.1 billion for education, and more than 161,000 students have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships. 

More information about Legislative Lottery Scholarships is available here at nmlottery.com.