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Wednesday's Powerball Prize Grows To $100 Million As No One Wins Jackpot
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 1 in about 293 million.
February 21, 2023
No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Monday night’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing grew to $100 million.
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The numbers drawn Monday were 3, 17, 26, 38, 54 and the Powerball number was 15. Monday’s jackpot was $87 million.
No tickets were sold in California matching five numbers, but missing the Powerball number. Such a ticket would have been worth $76,405, according to lottery officials.
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The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 1 in about 293 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. 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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