It stands as the fourth largest jackpot in American lottery history and John Martin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready for almost two billion reasons to have some fun with “the big one” as Powerball powers past $1.7 billion for Christmas. Ho Ho, hope you win!
Nestor Aparicio and John Martin from the Maryland Lottery discussed the upcoming Powerball jackpot, which is nearing $1.7 billion. They highlighted the game’s history, noting it’s the fourth largest jackpot and could be the second highest if not won by Christmas Eve. John shared that Powerball has been won on Christmas Eve once (2011) and four times on Christmas Day (1996, 2002, 2010, 2013). They also mentioned the Double Play option, where players can get a second drawing for an additional dollar. Additionally, they promoted the $20 holiday raffle ticket with a $1 million grand prize and discussed the Harlem Globetrotters scratch-off ticket, offering a chance to sit on the bench with the team.
- [ ] Run the Maryland Lottery holiday raffle, sell remaining tickets and conduct the $1,000,000 grand-prize drawing on January 2 (include the early-bird $50,000 drawings already conducted and award the advertised secondary prizes)
- [ ] Select semifinalists and finalists for the Harlem Globetrotters promotion, administer prize packages for 30 semifinalists and choose the single grand experiential winner (entries open through January 19)
- [ ] Post and maintain winners’ stories, promotion details, and fast-play/jurassic promotion updates on the Maryland Lottery website (MDLottery.com) so players can view recent winners and second-chance information
Maryland Crab Cake Tour and Lottery Promotions
- Nestor Aparicio discusses the Maryland crab cake tour, mentioning six stops and the gift of candy cane cash scratch-off tickets.
- Nestor recounts a visit to Costas in Dundalk with Calvin Statum, George Shulman, and John Allen, where he gave away tickets at the bar.
- A customer at Costas won $100 on the candy cane cash, and Nestor jokes about the possibility of a $1.7 billion Christmas Eve win.
- John Martin provides fun facts about the Powerball jackpot, noting it is the fourth largest in history and could be the second highest if not won by Christmas Eve.
Powerball Jackpot and Historical Wins
- John Martin shares that Powerball has been won once on Christmas Eve (2011) and four times on Christmas Day (1996, 2002, 2010, 2013).
- Nestor and John discuss the excitement of winning on Christmas Eve and the possibility of a holiday miracle.
- John introduces the Double Play option, where players can get a second drawing for an additional dollar, mentioning a recent $500,000 winner at a Wawa in Upper Marlboro.
- Nestor and John talk about the Planet Fitness sponsorship and the fun of wearing funny hats, with Nestor joking about the Cleveland Browns.
Sports Wagering and Responsible Gaming
- Nestor and John discuss the unpredictability of sports wagering, with Nestor mentioning the Ravens’ recent game and the reactions of fans.
- John emphasizes the importance of betting responsibly and enjoying the games with friends and family.
- John advises against chasing losses and encourages players to bet with their heads, not their hearts.
- John reminds listeners to gift responsibly, ensuring recipients are of legal age to enjoy scratch-off tickets.
Candy Cane Cash Scratch-Off Tickets
- Nestor describes the candy cane cash scratch-off tickets, noting they smell like peppermint gum.
- John and Nestor joke about the scent of the tickets and the fun of smelling them.
- Nestor shares his experience of giving away tickets and the excitement of potential wins.
- John mentions the holiday raffle, where players can win up to $1 million with a $20 ticket, and the ongoing early bird drawings.
Holiday Raffle and Second Chance Promotions
- John explains the holiday raffle, which includes a $1 million grand prize and multiple other winners.
- Nestor highlights the player-friendly odds of winning the $1 million prize.
- John discusses the second chance prizes, including a trip to Hawaii and Ravens tickets, and the recent winners of $50,000 on Powerball.
- Nestor and John talk about the excitement of potential wins and the fun of playing the lottery.
Harlem Globetrotters Scratch-Off Ticket
- John introduces the Harlem Globetrotters scratch-off ticket, which includes a chance to sit on the bench with the team.
- Nestor reminisces about his childhood dream of meeting the Globetrotters and the excitement of the current promotion.
- John explains the entry process for the Harlem Globetrotters prize package, including tickets and the chance to sit on the bench.
- Nestor and John discuss the fun of the Maryland lottery app and the excitement of winning.
Maryland Lottery App and Second Chance Wins
- Nestor shares his experience using the Maryland lottery app to check tickets and the fun of winning animations.
- John and Nestor discuss the convenience of the app and the added excitement of second chance wins.
- Nestor mentions the Causey family’s enthusiasm for playing the lottery and the fun of interacting with them.
- John emphasizes the importance of playing responsibly and enjoying the lottery experience.
Christmas Eve Jackpot and State Benefits
- Nestor and John discuss the excitement of a potential $1.7 billion Christmas Eve win and the benefits to the state of Maryland.
- John explains that retailers like Costas would receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
- Nestor jokes about his childhood dreams and the fun of imagining winning a large jackpot.
- John highlights the good causes that benefit from the lottery and the importance of responsible play.
Final Thoughts and Holiday Wishes
- Nestor and John wrap up the conversation, wishing listeners a happy holiday season and a prosperous 2026.
- Nestor shares his hopes for peace and happiness for everyone, emphasizing the importance of dreams and fun.
- John reiterates the excitement of the Powerball jackpot and the ongoing promotions of the Maryland lottery.
- Nestor and John express their gratitude for the listeners and the fun of discussing the lottery and holiday dreams.
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
Powerball jackpot, Maryland lottery, Christmas Eve, $1.7 billion, candy cane cash, holiday raffle, Harlem Globetrotters, second chance prizes, Planet Fitness, sports wagering, responsible gaming, holiday gifts, scratch-off tickets, double play, holiday magic.
SPEAKERS
John Martin, Nestor Aparicio
Nestor Aparicio 00:01
Welcome home. We are W, N, S, T. AM, 1570 Towson, Baltimore, Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah, Festivus, Kwanzaa. We might not make the playoffs. 2026. Is here. I’ve had a lot of crab cakes here the last two weeks or so. We’ve done six Maryland crab cake tour stops. You’ll be hearing all of that on AM 1570 here through New Year’s, including me wearing my funny Planet Fitness hat that they’re going to have at Times Square next week. I made Luke wear it too. And along the way, we have gifted some of these, the candy cane cash scratch off. So the Maryland lottery, they smell like Santa, I tell you what. And it smelled like John Martin. It. It smelled like victory at Costas in Dundalk last week, on Thursday, as I did the Maryland crab cake tour there with Calvin Statum, my 85 year old middle school music teacher who taught only 59 years in Baltimore County, and George Shulman, who didn’t teach me science, because he taught physics and I wasn’t smart enough, but he only he taught 46 years in Baltimore County. They came together. And then John Allen, my rock star buddy, came by. John maroon came by from maroon PR, and I gave tickets away at the bar, as I always do. And there was one fellow who always sits at the end of the bar. He knew Mr. Costas the whole deal ticket on his way out, he said, Hey, I want 100 bucks on the candy cane cash. So people really win John Martin, $100 Costas. Ah, that’s not $1.7 billion but this could be a crazy little Christmas Eve phone call for John Martin. It’s somebody in, let’s say Linthicum or Dundalk or Essex wins $1.7 billion for Christmas.
John Martin 01:51
Why not? You know, in all those places, you know, we can share the wealth, there could be multiple winners.
Nestor Aparicio 01:56
Santa, help me pay the taxes if I win 1,000,000,007
John Martin 02:00
you know what? I didn’t do the math here,
Nestor Aparicio 02:01
but Santa can afford it’s okay with it.
John Martin 02:05
You know, as we speak, $1.7 billion and just some fun facts, because I know you, you love fun facts. At 1.7 this is the fourth largest Powerball jackpot of all time. And if it is not one on Christmas Eve, if it rolls over to Saturday, it will more than likely be the second highest,
Nestor Aparicio 02:29
which numerous Uno. Has it been the two bill? Yes, it has. Several years ago that was more than 1 billion, greedy 2 billion.
John Martin 02:38
That’s a lot of billion. A person who wins too clearly needs a lot of more
Nestor Aparicio 02:43
zeros, twos, a lot more than 1 billion. It is.
John Martin 02:46
And you know, some more fun facts. On Christmas Eve, Powerball has been won once in its history on Christmas Eve, that was back in 2011 and four times.
Nestor Aparicio 02:57
Is that E Scrooge evangelist group, no who that’s that’s a nice Christmas Eve to win like that would be insane, right? And that’s
John Martin 03:06
more on Christmas day in 1996 2002 2010, and 2013 so it’s been a while since we’ve had a little holiday magic sprinkled in there.
Nestor Aparicio 03:19
Well, if it’s drawn on on Wednesday night. You’ll find it till Christmas Day. It’s like it happened on Christmas day.
John Martin 03:25
Yeah, I suppose, I suppose, as you know, we have, we have an option for players. It’s called the double play. For an additional buck, you get a second drawing 30 minutes or so after the first drawing, you keep your same numbers, and we draw again, another set of numbers, and we had a second tier winner for $500,000 just this week at the Wawa in Upper Marlboro. So hopefully that person will come forward, and that’ll be, I think 500 grand will be a nice little holiday treat. And since you mentioned Planet Fitness and their their sponsorship and New Year’s Eve and the funny hats, I believe that if Santa was truly the good Santa that he is, he will be bringing to all of the little boys and girls of Baltimore this this week and hat that they can wear this weekend that will eventually hopefully lead them back into the playoffs.
Nestor Aparicio 04:24
Hold on, that is that is that orange? I can’t tell from the color. It’s missing a logo. John, yes, it doesn’t have a logo, missing a logo. So even you can deduce this is purple, Cleveland Browns fan this weekend, you know what? But you have to beat Green Bay to make that even happen, right? So, there’s,
John Martin 04:44
we already beat Green Bay. Look it up. It’s in the record.
Nestor Aparicio 04:46
There’s already a thing happen there did a pretty good job against the bills that, you know, it did suck me in for a couple of hours in the early window. As they say, it’s been a, you know, let’s talk a little sports wagering for a minute or three or five because, I mean. It has been a wacky year. Obviously, a lot of people thought they were going to cash a bet on the Ravens winning the other night, when they had a double digit lead late in the game. You know how many times, if I took phone calls here, the amount of people that would call the officials crooked the lead, like all of the Bubba Smith Lord, like all of that, but the league is so it’s such great theater. That’s all I can say. These games that end at midnight, these games that end and Thursday night, Saturday night, the Ravens game, it just speaks to everyone to say, be careful when you’re wagering on this stuff. Because I have no idea. I know, feel like I know a lot about sports. I’m a sports guy. I don’t know who’s going to win. Nobody does.
John Martin 05:41
Nobody does. That’s why they play the games. Nestor, that’s why they play the games. And when they play them, we encourage you to have some fun. Know the bet you’re making before you place the wager. Bet with your head, not your heart, and enjoy it, but in moderation, make it a social thing with family and friends. Maybe I’ll put a couple bucks into the pot. But don’t go chasing losses if it doesn’t start out well for you. Don’t think you’re going to make it up throughout the game, live to come back and enjoy it another day, and please play responsibly. And at this holiday time, we also remind everybody to please gift responsibly if you’re thinking of getting stocking stuffers with Scratch off tickets, please make sure that the recipient is 18 years of age or older and they’re able to legally enjoy the fun of the Maryland lottery,
Nestor Aparicio 06:35
by the way. Speaking of stocking stuffers, yes, these candy cane, I have not held this up for you because you weren’t here last week, I did the whole Cincinnati thing about the Raven strip and all that scented. You see where it says scented right here. Yes, I do they. Have you gotten a sniff, a scent of a whiff of the sniff of the of these? Or no,
John Martin 06:56
yes and not. And I will take exception to your earlier comment. I don’t think they smell like Santa. I think they smell more like peppermint.
Nestor Aparicio 07:04
They smell like peppermint. Yeah, they it smells like peppermint gum, a little bit, but
John Martin 07:09
a little bit, after riding around with those eight reindeer and all night long, I don’t think you want to smell Santa.
Nestor Aparicio 07:14
Can I be? Can I just be, really, you know, honest about this, I picked these up. I saw Seth. Ross was sick, so I saw Seth. And you know why Seth delivered him? Because the Steelers beat the Ravens that week. So you know, when I pick them up, Seth wants to see me and talk about things and like all of that, because you have an office full of it’s a unique AFC North mix. That’s all I’m gonna say with, you know, your eclectic group. And by the way, I got it just because it’s the holidays, and in the spirit of things, and I get one free shot in before the end of the year, you know, you saying to people, don’t bet with your head, bet with your heart, as you’re holding a Brown’s hat up. And I’m thinking to myself, that is your heart, you know, but don’t, you wouldn’t want to bet on that. But nonetheless, these things, when I got them, I got them in the car, and the first thing I did, I’m like a little kid, I almost videoed me opening them just to smell them, because they were shrink wrapped, right? So you can’t, it smelled like shrink wrap, right? So I opened it, and I, like, I fanned. And I’ve done this. I did this on the air for John shields and former major league baseball player, Casper Wells, who joined me at Gertrude the other day, and Dan Rogers, we all it was sort of like the scene where the Ditto paper and in elementary you smell the paper. So I’ve had everybody smelling these, including John Allen. I’ve had every maroon everybody smelled them because they want to see what it smells like. I don’t want to this is just my first blush, and just, I’m an honest guy. I opened them in the car on the way over to Costas because I wanted to smell them. And I’m like, smells a little bit like my floss. I’m just saying it’s like peppermint floss, you know what? I mean, yes, yes. But they are scented, and tis the season. And even though they’re fun and colorful and creative, make sure you’re giving the people of the right age, because they will enjoy them. Everybody’s having a good time with this one, John. So thanks so much for these
John Martin 09:10
absolutely and who knows what Nestor will bring? I don’t know. They don’t tell me.
Nestor Aparicio 09:14
Well, maybe Harlem Globetrotters or something like that. We have all sorts of things going on. And you know, even though the Ravens things winding down, you’ll see still see those out as well. I had a handful of those at Planet Fitness the other day. But you have a you have new things coming down the pipe into next year, even though you’re trying to give away almost $2 billion right now,
John Martin 09:33
we’re doing that, and we’re also doing our holiday raffle. We haven’t done that in a long time, and this season for the holidays, you can stop by any of our 4300 Maryland lottery retailers. It’s a $20 raffle ticket, just like you might remember from neighborhood raffles, church raffles, things of that nature. And we will have, we already had three early bird drawings of $50,000 But on January 2, when all the tickets are sold, we will have one, $1 million winner. The best odds for winning a million dollars is the holiday raffle for $20 there are only $325,000 tickets printed, and we are more than halfway there in our in our effort to get to all of them sold before January 2. So January 2, it ends
Nestor Aparicio 10:24
for sure. That’s the that’s when we pull out for the basket of cheer, which happens to be a million dollars in this case, right?
John Martin 10:30
A million $1 million winner. But there are also dozens of other winners, 10 $100,000 winners, $1,500 winners, and $3,100 winners, $6,050 winners. So over, it’s higher math for me, but over 10,000 prizes of getting your money back
Nestor Aparicio 10:51
on so, hey, let me just say this out loud, because I give away these Candy Cat and these are the $3 tickets. And somebody won $100 the other day, you know, on the up and up and all that, but the top prize, somebody really sitting at the bar at Koco’s or gertrudes could have won 30,000 on this ticket. Now let’s just say people that are of the legal age, and let’s say you’re looking for a late Christmas holiday gift, stocking stuff for New Year’s Eve over at Gertrude they dropped the ball at 6pm they do it in Ireland time, so everybody can get to bed at eight o’clock. And then, you know, this is an idea, get behind, you know what I mean. But if you’re looking for a gift, I’m thinking this. It’s a $20 ticket, right? It’s a $20 play in. That’s an interesting thing. 20 bucks to win a million that, you know what I mean, it’s a million dollars. That’s a lot, and there’s only one, and I’m every time I you bring this up, you talk about the math part of it being really sort of player favorable in this particular contest, right?
John Martin 11:51
It is. And you know, a lot of people, we did in our household, and maybe you do in yours. So a lot of people tend to get cash for holiday gifts, and if they choose to, they want to be responsible about it and make a slight investment this. This gift giving can go well beyond the 25th of December and all the way up to January 2. So buy one for yourself, for your friend, get a couple of family members in on it, and hopefully look forward to a drawing of a million dollar winner on January 2,
Nestor Aparicio 12:22
I’m listening to that wacky, BareNaked lady selling that my wife likes. If I had a million dollars, I’d be rich. John Martin is here. He is with the Maryland lottery. He’s the Executive Director of all things Maryland lottery gaming. Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas to you, your family, all that good stuff that’s going on here. I know we got a we have a billion things going on, almost 2 billion things going leave anything out. And this is probably, is this a time where a lot of winners come in, would seem like your offices slow down a little bit. If I did win a half a million dollars this week at the Wawa and Upper Marlboro, maybe getting to claim it after the first of the year, I would think things slow down a little bit. If I do get rich this week,
John Martin 13:00
we get, we get winners every day of the year here at the Maryland lottery, we also have our second chance, Second Chance prizes that are drawn, things like our Jurassic Park Second Chance promotion. We had our third finalist drawn for that there will only be four drawn. Three or four have been drawn. John Hudson from Stevensville, Maryland will now be joining the the others for the Hawaii trip on the Jurassic Second Chance promotion. We still are getting seats for our ravens end of the year, 20 years of tickets. Sean Stevens, from Windsor mill, joins that semifinalist group.
Nestor Aparicio 13:38
That’s fun, right? They go down the stadium, and there’s a handful of them, and it’s scoreboards are on. Somebody’s gonna win. Everybody won, though, everyone a lot, 50 grand, right? A lot of money, right?
John Martin 13:49
They win. I believe it’s 10 grand, yep, yep, yep, yep, but you’re right. We have scratch off winners. We have draw game winners. We have people who win in their pursuit of a billion dollar jackpot, they fall a little short. We had four Marylanders win $50,000 on Powerball, but they missed by one number the grand prize. So that’d be a nice consolation prize, even if you didn’t win the billion dollar plus you go home with $50,000 in cash. We had a couple players who, again, all these winter stories are on our website at MD lottery.com feel free to check them out. We had a western Howard County student who won over $32,000 on a fast play ticket featuring Slingo. Are you a Slingo fan?
Nestor Aparicio 14:42
Right? A don’t know where it’s Slingo, oh,
John Martin 14:44
okay, well, you check it out a while. All right, yeah, it’s a $3 fast play ticket, and was able to win again a progressive jackpot. And some of our fast play tickets will do that. Some of. Have a fixed price, and others will have a cumulative rolling top prize. And that was the case here. So you can check that out on our website, and you’ll see a little P next to it, and that means the progressive jackpot when you go to our fast play lineup. And again, if it looks like it’s intriguing to you, it might, it might pay off.
Nestor Aparicio 15:20
John Martin, do you know, you inspire me sometimes to do little projects on the side here during the holidays, this would happen, you have this Harlem Globetrotter thing, yes. And I found the picture of curly Neil, which impressed you and impressed Doug last week that I, you know, curly was in the studio. My hair was a little different. I was a little younger, but curly was alive and well, and we had a good time and but i told you i i met metal arc lemon. I have a picture of it and I can’t find it. Here’s my AI project for my clone. I’ve been talking a lot of AI on the air. Had Dennis O’Donovan on his part of our Maryland crab cake tour the other day. He did not wear the funny hat, but I should have made him wear it, because we did over Planet Fitness. He’s an AI person. He’s helping me. I have a project where I’m taking all of my data and all the hard drives, and I’m putting it all into one hard drive that’s AI friendly. It’s going to take every piece of voice, every piece of video, every piece of picture, every everything that’s media, and be able to identify me, time frame, all of that in the cosmos, and I’m going to find this metal arc lemon picture. And when I do, I’m going to bring it to you. And here’s the thing, when I find it, he wasn’t smiling. And I’m going to take it and put it into the Nana banana thing up there in the AI, and metal arc is going to smile when I find a picture. So, project for you, and there’s an on, you know, there is my come on for the Harlem Globetrotters contest that you want to promote. But I’m just saying, I’ve, I’m, I’m mad that I can’t find my Meadowlark Lemon picture.
John Martin 16:54
Well, now you’re going to alter it. You’re going to alter evidence that you can’t do that.
Nestor Aparicio 16:59
Meadowlark smiled. Man. He was known for smiling. He was like,
John Martin 17:02
that’s the main guy. Maybe standing next to you, he didn’t have much to smile about you.
Nestor Aparicio 17:06
Maybe he was having a bad day. I don’t know. I mean, I don’t know, but I feel bad.
John Martin 17:11
You know, it’s having a good day is when you were one of the finalists to go to the Harlem Globetrotters trip here in March, march 15 in Baltimore, they’re celebrating their 100th year of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Nestor Aparicio 17:24
And this is a big thing, because when I was a kid, I wanted to sit on the bench and have curly Neil and geese Osby throw the confetti on me, and you’re basically going to set up that kind of experiential thing for some lucky winner, right?
John Martin 17:36
You can make a purchase of a Harlem Globetrotters scratch off ticket. Is a $2 ticket, and you can enter your non winning tickets into your My lottery rewards account between now and I had it here minute, January 19, and we will select, and we are selecting now semi finalists. We’ll have 30 of those who will win a prize package, including tickets to the game. But for one the lucky 31st winner, they will actually get, in addition to the prize package and merchandise, a sit on the bench right there with the Globetrotters.
Nestor Aparicio 18:15
Yeah, yeah, yeah, spinning the ball the whole thing, yep, yep, you can make me find my picture. John Martin is here. He’s the Executive Director of all things Maryland lottery game. He’s got 1.7 billion reasons to get you involved for Christmas Eve and then maybe into the the great beyond after that. So I will say this The MD lottery app that I downloaded, that I I sent you the video. This is what we do with winning and losing when we win. I put the video out of the two ladies at Koco’s the other day. It cost us. I had like a table of three people, and they asked me if they won. And I went over with my they didn’t think they won. And I held my app up. Not a winner, not a way. And I said, Listen, second chance and all that. But it’s so much more fun. And I would just tell everybody when you play any of these games. I ran into the cause he family, once again, it cost us banging on the lottery machine right there in front of Mr. Koco. I mean, like, literally, they love the lottery. I gave them tickets. They’re playing Kino. They’re doing all the things that responsibly. The Causey family’s always been responsible, and I got to see friends of mine there. But the second chances and the app, it’s so much fun for even for me, when somebody comes over, they think they didn’t win that I zap. I can I say zap? Is that okay? Sure, I zap it like, you know, it’s like reading a menu. It’s the new fangled, the AI thing, and I go, boom and but when you win, balloons go off and confetti throws and says you’re a winner. $5 $3 whatever it happens to be. And it’s fun. It’s fun when the little thing comes on digitally.
John Martin 20:00
Think we can agree on that winning is fun.
Nestor Aparicio 20:03
Yes, John Martin is here. He is. So what happens if on Christmas Eve, $1.7 billion happens in Maryland? Did you do I always think this is like a scene in Batman. Remember when the bat phone would go off, the little red foam would do you have that at the house? Or no,
John Martin 20:20
no, no, no, no, there’s no bat phone, which you would
Nestor Aparicio 20:23
genuinely be really, I mean, as executive director Maryland lottery, you would be really, really excited for so many rockville one, right? Literally, Oh, absolutely.
John Martin 20:32
I mean, we haven’t had a winner in a few years. And and, you know, we hope, we hope that the winner is here in the state of Maryland, because not only do they benefit the state benefits with a tax chunk out of that.
Nestor Aparicio 20:47
So if cost is sold that ticket, what would cost us get? What do they get to sell a 1.7
John Martin 20:52
billion, get $100,000
Nestor Aparicio 20:55
Wow, that’s a lot of crab cakes. I like that is, well, listen, on the eve of Christmas, where, when I was a little boy, I would go to the mall and sit on Santa’s lap, and he would give me candy canes that would smell just like the candy cane cashes tickets do. And I would ask for something, you know what? I mean? I’d ask for an Evel Knievel set up game or something like that, a $1.7 billion let a kid dream, right? That’s what we’re that’s what this is about, right?
John Martin 21:21
Well, yeah, and we hope that they they enjoy it, they have some fun, because a lot of lot of good causes are beneficiaries of the lottery, as we talk about from time to time on this program. But yeah, we hope people play within themselves and and have a good time with it. And I would be loved to take a big, oversized check anywhere around the state of Maryland and share it with with our winner.
Nestor Aparicio 21:45
My sense of humor is weird here at the holidays, because there was a picture being shared over the weekend of Fred G Sanford, better known as red fox, wearing a Lamar Jackson jersey, like having the big one. I’m saying, I’m saying this is the big one, $1.7 billion doesn’t get much bigger. If it makes it through this, we wake up a Christmas morning without a winner. It’ll be the second biggest jackpot in the history of histories of powerballs, and I just want a little condo in Willa. I don’t need anything that big. I am Nestor, Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. I hope everybody gets exactly what they dreamed of getting and asked Santa for, which is some peace and some happiness. Going into 2026, and more wins and more pitching and all of those important things, we’re Baltimore positive. Stay with us. You.
