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There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $64 million.

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Mississippi and is worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 11, 18, 21, 24, 38 and the Powerball number was 26. The estimated jackpot was $53 million.

The drawing was the third since the last time a ticket with 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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