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There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing to $1.04 billion, the ninth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

There were seven tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

The ones sold in Indiana and North Carolina are both worth $2 million, because the players utilized the Power Play option, where for an additional $1 per play, a ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, is worth $2 million.

The two sold in Florida and one each in Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania are each worth $1 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 and the Powerball number was 22. The estimated jackpot was $969 million, the ninth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

The jackpot was the fourth-largest in the history of the game, which began in 1992. There have also been five Mega Millions drawings with larger jackpots.

No tickets have been sold matching all six numbers since July 19, when a ticket worth $1.08 billion was sold at a downtown Los Angeles mini-market, the seventh-largest jackpot in U.S. history. Since then, there have been 30 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner.

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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