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The Powerball jackpot rises to $685 million after there were no jackpot winners in the Christmas drawing

The Powerball jackpot rises to $685 million after there were no jackpot winners in the Christmas drawing

(CNN) — The Powerball jackpot rose to an estimated $685 million after no ticket matched all six numbers for the jackpot during Monday night's Christmas drawing.

The jackpot to be won during the upcoming drawing on Wednesday has a lump sum option of $344.7 million, according to the Powerball website.

No one has won the Powerball jackpot on Christmas Day since 2013, when a ticket in Missouri won a $71.5 million jackpot, according to a Powerball press release.

The numbers drawn on Monday were 5, 12, 20, 24, 29 and Powerball 4.

While no one won the jackpot on Monday, several tickets matched the first five numbers to win big prizes.

Entries in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania each earned $1 million. That state's lottery system said a similar ticket in California won about $2.08 million. Non-jackpot jackpots in California are based on the number of winners and ticket sales, and will be different from the fixed jackpots offered on the Powerball website.

Two tickets sold in Colorado and Georgia earned $2 million in prizes because the player in them included a Power Play feature, according to the Powerball website.

The Powerball jackpot was last won on October 11, when a ticket in California won the $1.765 million jackpot. Since then, there have been 32 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner.

Powerball says the odds of winning the total prize are 1 in 24.9, but the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

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