Powerball jackpot climbs to $550 million, Mega Millions at $445M
Stella Merendino of Selden tries her luck playing the lottery at Mili Cards, Gifts And Smoke Shop in Selden on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
Dreaming of being a billionaire? Win both the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots this week, and you’ll be quite a bit closer.
The rising multistate lotteries have combined jackpots of just under $1 billion.
The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $550 million after no one won the top prize in the Wednesday night drawing.
The winning numbers for Wednesday’s $460 million Powerball jackpot were 2, 18, 37, 39 and 42. The Powerball was 12.
The odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1 in 292,201,338. The next drawing is Saturday night.
Powerball isn’t the only jackpot over $400 million.
There was no jackpot winner in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing, so the top prize for its Friday night drawing is estimated to be $445 million, the fourth-largest amount in the game’s history.
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