There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $95 million.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Michigan and is worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 7, 10, 21, 33, 59 and the Powerball number was 20. The jackpot was $174 million.
The drawing was the seventh since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
— City News Service