Powerball jumps to $550M after no winning tickets sold
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Powerball jackpot continues to rise after there was no winner in Wednesday's drawing.
The winning numbers for Wednesday night's Powerball drawing were 42-39-18-2-37 and Powerball: 12. The Power Play Multiplier is 3x.
The next estimated jackpot is $550 million for Saturday's drawing. That would make it the nation's 8th largest lottery prize ever.
In addition, there was no winner in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, sending the jackpot to $418 million for Friday night's drawing.
The winning Mega Millions numbers drawn on Tuesday night were:
1-42-64-47-70 and Mega Ball 22. The Megaplier was 4x.
It's the second time that Powerball and Mega Millions have had jackpots bigger than $300 million at the same time.
No one has hit the Mega Millions jackpot since October 13, 2017, while Powerball has not had a jackpot winner since October 25.
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The largest Powerball jackpot on record was $1.586 billion, which was won last January.
The biggest Mega Millions jackpot dates back to 2012 when three winners split $656 million.
You can watch the drawings on ABC 7 just before Eyewitness News at 11.
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