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The estimated jackpot for Monday evening’s Powerball drawing is $65 million after no tickets were sold with all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the multi-state lottery.

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.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 2, 8, 14, 40, 63 and the Powerball number was 23. The estimated jackpot was $57 million.

The drawing was the fourth 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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