From City News Service
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Saturday's drawing is expected to grow to $70 million.
There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number. A Match 5 Winners Power Play ticket was sold in Colorado and is worth $2 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn tonight were 18, 25, 50, 55, 57 and the Powerball number was 17. The estimated jackpot was $60 million.
The drawing was the third 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 175,223,510, according to the Powerball website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 31.85.
The Powerball game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
