A Powerball player there holds the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing for the game's $1.817 billion jackpot. The winner, who so far hasn't gone public, can choose between an annuitized prize of $1.817 billion or a lump sump payment of $834.9 million (both prize options are before taxes).

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.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. Video above: Get the Facts: What are your chances of winning the Powerball?

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A winning lottery ticket was sold in Myrtle Beach. Lottery officials say that a Powerball® ticket worth $50,000 with DoublePlay® was purchased at the Food Lion on 7631 North Kings Highway.

The New Jersey Lottery announced that two $50,000 Powerball winning tickets purchased last winter are approaching their expiration date.

A Powerball ticket worth $100k was sold at Xpress Mart at 1315 Kendall Rd. in Newberry. A second winning ticket worth $50k was sold at Food Lion at 5204 Highway 321 in Gaston. The drawing for the $1.7 billion Powerball will take place on Christmas Eve. The jackpot ranks as the fourth largest in Powerball history and among U.S. lottery games.

The first ticket, sold at a 7-Eleven on Lafayette Road in Edison, is set to expire on January 13 unless it’s claimed. The second, purchased at Wine Outlet on Arnold Avenue in Point Pleasant Beach, will be worthless after February 1. Both tickets matched enough numbers to secure a $50,000 payout, but neither winner has come forward.

You may not have won the $1.87 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, but three lucky tickets sold somewhere in the state won $50,000 each, and nearly 400 tickets won cash prizes of $100.