LOS ANGELES – No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing grew to $100 million.
The numbers drawn Monday were 3, 17, 26, 38, 54 and the Powerball number was 15. Monday’s jackpot was $87 million.
No tickets were sold in California matching five numbers, but missing the Powerball number. Such a ticket would have been worth $76,405, according to lottery officials.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 1 in about 293 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.