No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $196 million.
The winning numbers were 12, 25, 40, 59, 61 and the Powerball number was 26. Monday’s jackpot was $179 million.
There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
Such a ticket would have been worth $265,386 in California.
Monday’s drawing was the 11th since a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. 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.