The 17th-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history – – $775 million — will be at stake in Wednesday evening’s multi-state Powerball drawing.
There have been 36 drawings since Sept. 6, the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
Wednesday’s drawing will take place at 7:59 p.m. Tickets sold after 7:05 p.m. are ineligible for that night’s draw, but are eligible for the following drawing.
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 jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is the eighth-largest in the history of the Powerball game which began in 1992. There have been nine larger jackpots for the Mega Millions game, which began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.