The cash option for the Dec. 24 drawing is worth $781.3 million. The jackpot is the fourth largest prize in Powerball history and the fourth largest in U.S. lottery history. Once again, MLive will provide the results shortly after the drawing takes place at 11 p.m. EST.

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The U.S. Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.7 billion ahead of Wednesday night's drawing, putting one of the biggest lottery prizes in American history within reach — just in time for Christmas. The jackpot swelled after Monday's drawing produced no winners,

ROSENBERG, Texas — With the Powerball jackpot soaring to an estimated $1.7 billion on Christmas Eve, long lines formed at Lucky Rudy's in Rosenberg — a lottery stop many in the Houston area consider a "lucky" store because it has sold winning tickets in the past.