Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery numbers: The estimated Powerball jackpot is $45 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $20.7 million.

A Maryland man has shown that luck can happen more than once. Eight years after winning a big prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket, he has returned to lottery headquarters again to collect another large win. This time, the lucky man won $50,000 from a Powerball ticket, which surprised him a lot.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.