The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has climbed to $46 million with a cash option of $21.5 million.
Saturday’s winning numbers were: 7, 33, 40, 43 and 69. The Powerball drawn was 10, with a Power Play of 5X.
No one across the country hit Wednesday’s $31 million jackpot. There were also no second-prize, $1 million tickets sold.
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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