There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to $1.2 billion, the seventh-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
There were four tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
One ticket each sold in New York and South Carolina are worth $2 million, because the players utilized the Power Play option, where for an additional $1 per play, a ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, is worth $2 million.The numbers drawn Monday were 12, 26, 27, 43, 47 and the Powerball number was 5. The estimated jackpot was $1.066 billion, the ninth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history and fourth-largest in the history of the game which began in 1992.
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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