The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $950 million for the Saturday drawing, lottery officials announced. The cash value for the prize is an estimated $428.9 million.
The jackpot has been growing since May 31, when a ticket in California won the prize. The upcoming drawing will be the 39th since the jackpot was last claimed.
No ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday: white balls 9, 12, 22, 41, 61, and red Powerball 25. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
The Wednesday drawing produced six tickets that won $1 million or more for matching all five white balls. One of those tickets, sold in Ohio, included the Power Play option and won $2 million.
Forty tickets won $50,000 prizes, and 10 tickets won $200,000.
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