There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is expected to grow to $90 million.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, were sold in Tennessee and is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 12, 31, 43, 44, 57 and the Powerball number was 11. The estimated jackpot was $80 million.
The drawing was the fifth 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 175,223,510, according to the Powerball website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 31.85.
The Powerball game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
—City News Service