No Powerball Winner, Jackpot Goes to $450 million

Bad news if you bought a Powerball ticket for last night's $394 Million dollar drawing. There were no winning tickets sold for the big jackpot. The good news is that the jackpot has now rolled over to $450 million dollars for Wednesday’s drawing.

The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing were 5-10-21-34-58, with a Powerball of 33 and Power Play of 5.

WGN TV reports that jackpot jumped to $394.5 million Saturday night just before the winning numbers were drawn, making it the the sixth largest jackpot in the game’s history.

Last Wednesday, the jackpot initially climbed to $360 million after no tickets matched all six numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing. By noon on Friday, the jackpot increased again by $20 million to $380 million.

The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing were 5-10-21-34-58, with a Powerball of 33 and Power Play of 5.

The odds of matching all six numbers in the game are 1 in about 175 million.  Powerball is played in Illinois and 42 other states, along with Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In case you are wondering, the all time US record lottery prize of $656 million was a Mega Millions jackpot won in March 2012. The biggest Powerball jackpot ever was $591 million, won May 18, 2013.

You have until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday to buy your tickets for the $450 Million drawing.  The numbers will be announced at 9:59pm on Wednesday night.