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 Monday’s winning lottery numbers: The estimated Powerball jackpot is $33 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $15.2 million.

Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Tuesday, Dec. 30 drawing with an estimated jackpot of $138 million ($63.3 million cash option). The winning numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing are: 18,