No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing grew to $56 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 14, 22, 42, 46, 52 and the Powerball number was 24. The jackpot was $48 million. The drawing was the fourth since a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in about 293 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.

The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

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