No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $240 million. Two tickets were sold matching five numbers but not the Powerball in Indiana and Ohio and are worth $1 million each.
The Powerball jackpot rose to $263 million ahead of Saturday night's drawing. Check here to see if it's your lucky day.
Two Powerball tickets sold in Indiana and Ohio won millions of dollars, but just missed the $238 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning Powerball numbers, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Wednesday, Jan. 8, the national Powerball site said.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000.
Power Play was 2x. Though it resulted in a rollover, it wasn’t all bad news: There were two big winners in Wednesday's Powerball drawing. A ticket purchased in Indiana matched 5 plus the Power Play for a $2 million prize. Another ticket, bought in Ohio ...
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Getty Images/iStockphoto Two Powerball tickets sold in Indiana and Ohio won millions of dollars, but just missed the $238 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning ...