The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $240 million with a cash option of $107.4 million.
The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers immediately following the conclusion of the drawing.
No one across the country hit Monday’s $220 million jackpot. There were also no second-prize, $1 million tickets sold.
In New Jersey, no one won more than $200 with a single ticket.
Monday’s winning numbers were: 17, 34, 46, 66 and 67. The Powerball draw was 14 with a Power Play of 2x.
In addition, no one won Monday’s secondary $10 million Double Play drawing. Those winning numbers were: 41, 44, 54, 57 and 64. The Double Play number drawn was 13.
The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers and win at least $1 million, while the odds are 913,129 to 1 to win a third prize of at least $50,000.
Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $77 million with a cash option of $34.1 million.
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