New York - Nobody won a Powerball jackpot
of $535 million in a draw on Saturday night, meaning the grand
prize will grow to about $650 million, the second-highest level
in the history of the Powerball.
The numbers drawn were: 17, 19, 39, 43, 68, with a special
Powerball number of 13 and a Power Play of 4X.
With no winner of the grand prize, it will grow to an
estimated $650 million ahead of the next draw on Wednesday,
according to the website for the game.
The Multi-State Lottery Association runs Powerball for 44
U.S. states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands.
The $535 million jackpot up for grabs on Saturday ranked as
the fifth-largest in the game's 25-year history.
The highest-ever Powerball jackpot was nearly $1.6 billion
in a January 2016 draw, which was split between three winning
tickets.
The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292 million. The
odds are always the same, regardless of the size of the prize.
The odds of winning any prize, including one as small as $4,
are about one in 25, the association said.
No one has hit the Powerball jackpot in the semi-weekly
drawings since June 10, when a California man won $447.8
million.