The Powerball jackpot continues to grow after no winner was reported in Wednesday’s night’s drawing, sending the prize rolling over once again.
The winning numbers for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, with an estimated jackpot of $1.25 billion, were announced, but no ticket matched all six numbers. The jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.5 billion.
The numbers, in the order drawn, were 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66, with a red Powerball of 17 and a 4x Power Play multiplier.
Wednesday’s drawing marked the 44th since the last jackpot was won on Sept. 6, the most drawings in a single jackpot cycle since Powerball began in 1992. The previous record was 42 drawings.
While there were no jackpot winners, two tickets sold in Arizona and Massachusetts won $2 million each by matching five numbers with the Power Play. Six tickets matched five numbers to win $1 million each, including three in New York and one each in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Saturday’s jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in Powerball history and the seventh largest among U.S. lottery jackpot.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
The drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed live on Powerball.com.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. There are three drawings per week — Monday, Wednesday and Saturday — and tickets cost $2 each.
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