Officials: No Powerball Winner, Jackpot Swells to $650M

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Powerball officials say there was no grand prize winner in the latest drawing, meaning one of the nation’s largest lottery jackpots will continue growing.

A press release from Powerball officials says no ticket matched all six numbers following Saturday night’s drawing. The winning numbers are: 17, 19, 39, 43, 68 and Powerball 13.

Iowa Lottery players, however, won nearly 50,000 prizes in Saturday’s Powerball jackpot drawing, and the game’s giant top prize was even higher than the latest estimates leading into the drawing.

One ticket purchased in Iowa matched four of the first five numbers and the Powerball to win a $50,000 prize. A total of 49,710 plays purchased by Iowa Lottery players won prizes ranging from $4 up to $50,000.

Iowa Lottery players bought nearly $2.7 million in Powerball tickets for Saturday’s drawing, including more than $1.4 million in tickets on Saturday alone.

The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is $650 million, making it the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history.

The prize has grown so large because no one has matched all six balls in more than two months.

The odds of winning the prize is one in 292.2 million.

Powerball is played in 44 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.