The whopping jackpot of $1.25 billion, which has a cash value of $571.2 million, is the sixth largest in Powerball history.

One lucky person could win the sixth largest Powerball jackpot in the history of the game when the draw happens Wednesday night at 11. Watch it live on WRAL . The Powerball jackpot is up to $1.25 billion (with a B) for winners who choose an annuity, or an estimated $572 million in cash.

Power Play: For an added $1 per play, you can win $2 million by matching five white balls or increase non-jackpot prizes by 2X, 3X, 4X, or 5X. If the jackpot is $150 million or lower, a 10X multiplier is included. Select five numbers between 1 and 69 for the white balls, then select one number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball.

The jackpot for the next drawing on Wednesday night has soared to an estimated $1.25 billion, the sixth largest ever.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.25 billion for Wednesday, Dec. 17. Even though no one took home the grand prize, two winning $50,000 tickets were sold in Wisconsin for the Monday, Dec. 15 draw.

No one claimed the top prize in the Dec. 13 drawing so the Dec. 15 prize will be more than $1.1 billion, according to the Michigan Lottery.

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A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Beaver County sold a Powerball ticket worth $2 million for the Dec. 13 drawing, lottery officials said.