Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing ended the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher, making it the second-largest in U.S. history.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.7 billion, the fourth-largest in the game’s history, after no ticket matched ...

The headline number on a record lottery drawing is designed to dazzle, but it does not reflect what a winner can actually ...