Madison, Wis. -- The weather may be getting colder, but December has been a hot month for Wisconsin Powerball players. A winning $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at GL Crossroads Convenience on 760 Commercial Ave. in Green Lake for the Wednesday, December 27 drawing. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (4-11-38-51-68) and the Powerball (5). It is the ninth winning Powerball ticket of $50,000 or more sold in Wisconsin this month.

With one Powerball drawing remaining until the New Year, the jackpot that’s been growing over the holidays continues to get bigger! The estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing is $760 million – the ninth largest jackpot is the game's history.

Tom Karlovich, owner of GL Crossroads Convenience, said the growing Powerball jackpot impacts store sales. "We can tell our daily sales grow fast when the jackpot gets this big."

It's been a lucky year for GL Crossroads Convenience. In July, the Lottery retailer sold an $11,000 winning Badger 5 jackpot ticket.

"Hopefully, the next time we sell a jackpot ticket, it will be the big one. Got my fingers crossed," Karlovich added.

In Wisconsin, there were 28,286 Powerball winning tickets sold for Wednesday night's drawing. Since the jackpot run began on October 11, Wisconsin players have won $3,748,251 in total Powerball prizes.

The current Powerball jackpot is the fourth to exceed half a billion dollars in 2023. The most recent jackpot winner came in October when a California ticket won a $1.765 billion grand prize.

2023 Powerball jackpots include:

• Feb. 6, 2023 - $754.6 million - WA
• March 4, 2023 - $162.2 million - VA
• April 19, 2023 - $252.6 million - OH
• July 19, 2023 - $1.08 billion - CA
• Oct. 11, 2023 - $1.765 billion – CA

Players have 180 days from the draw date to claim their winnings. Information on how to claim a prize is available at wilottery.com/winners/claim-prize.

Powerball drawings are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. Tickets must be purchased before 9 p.m. to be included in a drawing. The overall odds of winning a Powerball prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1:292,201,338 and the odds of winning a $50,000 Powerball prize are 1:913,130.

The odds of winning the Badger 5 jackpot are 1:169,911.