The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s lottery drawing has climbed to $31 million with a cash option of $14.5 millions.
The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the drawing.
No one across the country hit Monday’s $20 million jackpot. There were also no second-prize, $1 million tickets sold.
In New Jersey, two $50,000 third-prize tickets were sold. Both were bought online by players using the Jackpocket app, state lottery officials said. Each matched four numbers plus the Powerball.
Monday’s winning numbers were: 6, 21, 23, 39 and 54. The Powerball drawn was 23 with a Power Play of 2X.
In addition, no one hit the secondary, $10 million Double Play jackpot on Monday. Those winning numbers were: 7, 40, 45, 58 and 61. The Double Play number drawn was 14.
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.
Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $120 million with a cash option of $55.8 million.
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