Just in time for Christmas, one lucky Powerball player could win $1.7 billion before taxes in tonight's lottery drawing.

Six Powerball tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in New Jersey for Monday night’s drawing as the jackpot jumped to $1.7 billion without a big winner. No tickets sold for last night’s drawing matched all of the numbers for the $1.59 billion jackpot.

The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.7 billion for Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night. That makes it the fourth-largest prize in lottery history,

The U.S. Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.7 billion ahead of Wednesday night's drawing, putting one of the biggest lottery prizes in American history within reach — just in time for Christmas. The jackpot swelled after Monday's drawing produced no winners,