A rare Christmas Day Powerball drawing could be a lucky winner’s $638 million gift. Only three jackpots have been won on Dec. 25.

Some holidays — Dec. 24 is Christmas Eve while Black Friday is always a Friday — may or may not fall on a day of a Powerball or Mega Millions drawing.

Mike Murri, Butch Jarvis and their friends have spent nearly 20 years driving lighted trucks during the holiday season in Yakima County. They want to keep the tradition going.

The drawings are slick with color and detail. In one, a red truck carrying two gleaming gas tanks has stopped at an angle; in the reflection of the mirror-like aluminum, we see the surrounding ...

In the past, three Powerball jackpots have been won on Christmas, according to a news release from Powerball. The last time was 10 years ago when an individual in Missouri won $71.5 million.

There have since been 30 consecutive drawings with no top winner, the website said. Tickets to play Powerball cost $2, and the jackpot is won when all numbers selected on a player’s ticket match ...