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Powerball Jackpot Down To Measly $53 Million Wednesday
Will you still play? The Powerball Jackpot is expected to reach $53 million on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
After the big win from last week, there were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is expected to grow to about $53 million.
There was no ticket sold with five numbers and missing the Powerball number. Such a ticket would have been worth almost $140,000.
The numbers drawn were 7, 15, 32, 38, 66 and the Powerball number was 15.
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The estimated jackpot was $40 million.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in about 293 million, according to the Powerball website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.
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The Powerball game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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