Powerball jackpot hits $1.5 billion; subsequent drawing Saturday – NBC Los Angeles

The Powerball jackpot continues to develop after no winner was reported in Wednesday’s night time’s drawing, sending the prize rolling over as soon as once more.

The profitable numbers for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, with an estimated jackpot of $1.25 billion, have been introduced, however no ticket matched all six numbers. The jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.5 billion.

The numbers, within the order drawn, have been 25, 33, 53, 62 and 66, with a crimson Powerball of 17 and a 4x Energy Play multiplier.

Wednesday’s drawing marked the forty fourth because the final jackpot was received on Sept. 6, essentially the most drawings in a single jackpot cycle since Powerball started in 1992. The earlier file was 42 drawings.

Whereas there have been no jackpot winners, two tickets offered in Arizona and Massachusetts received $2 million every by matching 5 numbers with the Energy Play. Six tickets matched 5 numbers to win $1 million every, together with three in New York and one every in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Saturday’s jackpot ranks because the fifth-largest in Powerball historical past and the seventh largest amongst U.S. lottery jackpot.

The chances of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

The drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. ET and might be streamed reside on Powerball.com.

Powerball is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. There are three drawings per week — Monday, Wednesday and Saturday — and tickets value $2 every.

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