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Wednesday's Powerball Jackpot Expected To Grow To $143M After No Big Winner
The drawing was the ninth since a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
March 1, 2023
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is expected to grow to $143 million.
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There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn Monday were 16, 28, 49, 51, 55 and the Powerball number was 23. The jackpot was $131 million.
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The drawing was the ninth since a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in about 293 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
City News Service contributed to this article.
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