WASHINGTON — Check your tickets: Powerball's jackpot has climbed to an estimated $875 million for Monday's drawing, marking the second-largest Powerball prize of 2025 as it inches closer to another possible billion-dollar jackpot.

Monday's jackpot still falls nearly a billion dollars below September's historic $1.8 billion jackpot, which was split by two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas — the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

The current jackpot has been rolling since Sept. 6, when those two winners beat odds of 1 in 292.2 million. Monday's prize represents the cash value of an annuity paid over 29 years; winners can also choose a lump sum payment, which amounts to $403.6 million before accounting for taxes.

The largest Powerball jackpot remains $2.04 billion, won by a sin

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