No New Jersey Lottery drawings on Christmas Day, but Powerball will be held

The New Jersey Lottery is taking a Christmas break.

There will be no Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5 or Pick-6 drawings held on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, New Jersey Lottery Executive Director James A. Carey announced on Thursday.

The Pick-6 drawing, normally held every Monday and Thursday, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 26 and all other drawings will resume that day.

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Powerball drawing Christmas Day

While the NJ Lottery is taking Christmas off, the multi-state lottery drawings for the Powerball and Cash4Life will still be held on Dec. 25.

The Powerball jackpot will be an estimated $620 million with a cash option of $310.8 million for Saturday night's drawing, according to the lottery website. The country-wide lottery holds drawings each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

The jackpot was last won on Oct. 11 when a lottery player in California won the $1.765 billion jackpot.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: No NJ Lottery drawings on Christmas, but Powerball will be held