There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $681 million.

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Illinois and is worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

The numbers drawn Monday were 8, 16, 26, 30, 58 and the Powerball number was 14. The estimated jackpot was $655 million.

The drawing was the 33rd 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.

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