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