Check back at 11 p.m. for the Saturday, Dec. 9 Powerball lottery jackpot drawing, worth an estimated $468 million with a cash option of $225.3 million. Wednesday's winning powerball numbers were 2-12-37-56-65 and the powerball was 21. The Power Play was 3X.

Here are the winning numbers for the Dec. 6 drawing. The winning numbers for Wednesday night's drawing were 2, 12, 37, 56 and 65. The Powerball was 21 and the Power Play was 3X. While there were no jackpot winners or Match 5 + Power Play $2 million winners, there was a Match 5 $1 million winner in California.

There have been 23 consecutive drawings without a Powerball jackpot winner. Now, there is $435 million up for grabs.

It has been months since the last Powerball jackpot was won, hitting an estimated $1.765 billion with a cash option of $774.1 million. The winning ticket was drawn on Oct. 11 and sold in California. That prize ranked as the second-largest Powerball jackpot and U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

Three other tickets without the Powerball Number each won $333,333.

Mega Millions and Powerball players can play for jackpots worth $863 million combined. The first chance comes Friday with a Mega Millions jackpot that stands at a $395 million annuity that is worth $188.