The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $72 million with a cash option of $34.6 million.
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.
While no one across the country hit Wednesday’s $56 million jackpot, a second-prize, $2 million ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Buffalo, New York. It matched five numbers but not the Powerball and is worth twice the standard $1 million because the winner spent an extra $1 for the Power Play option.
In New Jersey, no one won more than $100 with a single ticket.
Wednesday’s winning numbers were: 4, 27, 44, 50 and 64. The Powerball drawn was 7 with a Power Play of 3x.
In addition, no one across the country won the secondary $10 million Double Play drawing on Wednesday. The was also no second-prize, $500,000 winner. Those winning numbers were: 16, 23, 35, 50 and 59. The Double Play number drawn was 21.
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.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $97 million with a cash option of $46.4 million.
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