There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $143 million.

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

The numbers drawn Monday were 9, 30, 39, 49, 59 and the Powerball number was 21. The jackpot was $131 million.

The drawing was the ninth 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.

–City News Service

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $203 million.

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 Wednesday were 1, 11, 19, 21, 68 and the Powerball number was 15. The jackpot was $180 million.

The drawing was the 12th since 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, which conducts the game. 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.

–City News Service

There were no tickets 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 $178 million.

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 Monday were 11, 38, 47, 67, 69 and the Powerball number was 14. The jackpot was $164 million.

The drawing was the 11th since 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, which conducts the game. 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.

— City News Service

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $98 million.

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

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 24, 29, 44, 47, 54 and the Powerball number was 2. The estimated jackpot was $81 million.

The drawing was the fifth 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.

–City News Service

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $97 million.

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a liquor store in Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area and is worth $327,028, the California Lottery announced.

While tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or a multiple of $1 million, California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning they are determined by sales and the number of winners.

There were three other tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, lottery officials said. The one sold in Tennessee is worth $3 million because the player utilized the Megaplier option, where for an additional $1 any non-jackpot prize is multiplied by the Megaplier number drawn.

The tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in Florida and Pennsylvania are both worth $1 million.

The numbers drawn Friday were 20, 30, 54, 63, 65 and the Mega number was 14. The estimated jackpot was $67 million. It was the third drawing since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.

The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

–City News Service

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $1.09 billion, the ninth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.

There were six tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number — two in Maryland and one each in Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina and Virginia. They are each worth $1 million, according to the Multi- State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

The numbers drawn Monday were 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and the Powerball number was 23. The estimated jackpot was $1.03 billion, the 10th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.

The drawing was the 39th since Jan. 1, 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 jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is the fourth-largest in the history of the Powerball game which began in 1992. There have been five 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 U.S. Virgin Islands.

— City News Service

The 11th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot will be up for grabs in Monday evening’s multi-state Powerball drawing, $800 million.

There have been no tickets sold with all five numbers and the Powerball number for the 35 drawings dating back to Jan. 3.

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 jackpot is the sixth-largest in the history of the Powerball game which began in 1992. There have been five 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 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 draw.

The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Buying tickets at a store where tickets with large jackpots have been sold in the past will not increase a purchaser’s chance of winning a jackpot, according to USC mathematics professor Ken Alexander.

“The chance that a given place will sell a winning lottery ticket is just related to how many tickets they sell,” Alexander told City News Service.

However, players wanting a better chance of avoiding sharing the jackpot should choose numbers that aren’t selected as often, Alexander said. Lottery players frequently choose the date of their birthdays as one of their numbers, so numbers higher than 31 would be played less, Alexander said.

The eighth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history will be at stake in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, $1.1 billion.

–City News Service

Short of cash? Cannot pay the rent? Want a new car? Why not play Mega Millions?

For those who need money, there were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $792 million.

One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Massachusetts and North Carolina. They are each worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

The numbers drawn Tuesday were 2, 16, 31, 57, 64 and the Mega number was 24. The estimated jackpot was $735 million.

The drawing was the 27th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.

The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

City News Service

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $493 million.

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Georgia and is worth $4 million because the player utilized the Megaplier option, where for an additional $1 any non-jackpot prize is multiplied by the Megaplier number drawn, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

The numbers drawn Friday were 19, 23, 39, 42, 67 and the Mega number was 18. The estimated jackpot was $457 million.

The drawing was the 20th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 302,575,350, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.

The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

–City News Service

No tickets were sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $306 million.

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold at a doughnut shop in Lomita and is worth $892,899, according to the California Lottery.

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

Powerball tickets with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or $2 million, but California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning they are determined by sales and the number of winners and can be less or more than $1 million.

The numbers drawn Wednesday were 1, 4, 45, 47, 67 and the Powerball number was 18. The jackpot was $285 million.

The drawing was the 19th 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.

–City News Service