No tickets were 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 $412 million.

There were also no tickets sold in California matching five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to lottery officials. Such a ticket would have been worth $579,773.

The numbers drawn Monday were 24, 29, 42, 51, 54 and the Powerball number was 16.

Monday’s jackpot was $391 million. It was the 24th drawing since the last time a ticket matching 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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