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No tickets matching all six numbers were sold for Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $88 million.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Sacramento and is worth $1,391,550, according to the California Lottery.
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The numbers drawn Wednesday were 6, 15, 18, 33, 49 and the Powerball number was 7. Wednesday’s jackpot was $69 million. It was the fifth drawing 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.
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