No Tickets Sold With All Six Powerball Numbers; Jackpot Rises to $131 Million – MyNewsLA.com
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing to $131 million.
Two tickets were sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, in California and Georgia, and each is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 18, 56, 62, 65, 67 and the Powerball number was 18. The estimated jackpot was $119 million.
The drawing was the seventh 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 and since July 21, the United Kingdom.
This content is sourced from mynewsla.com and is shared for informational purposes only.
