LANSING, MI -- It’s been more than three months since anyone has won the Powerball jackpot. That’s led to the drawing on Monday, Dec. 22 to be worth an estimated $1.6 billion, with a cash option of $735.3 million. Once again, MLive will provide the results shortly after the drawing takes place at 11 p.m. EST.

Powerball's second-largest jackpot of the year grew again after no one matched all the numbers in Monday's drawing. Why it matters: The jackpot for the Dec. 17 drawing has climbed to an estimated $1.25 billion, with a cash value of $572.1 million before taxes. It's the sixth-largest Powerball prize ever and sets "a game record for most consecutive drawings in a single jackpot cycle," lottery ...