There was no winner of the $1.44 billion Powerball drawing on Wednesday — sending the jackpot soaring even higher and inching ever closer to the record set in 2022.
The winning numbers were 3, 16, 29, 61, 69 and 22 as the Powerball.
The Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.7B after Wednesday’s drawing turned up no winners. Paul Martinka
The jackpot stands at an estimated $1.7 billion after no one beat the staggering 1-in-292 million odds.
Even though the grand prize was unclaimed, four Match 5 + Power Play ticket holders won $2 million prizes and 11 people pocketed $1 million through Match 5.
The next Powerball drawing will take place on Saturday.
Whoever does win could either choose to accept a single lump-sum payment of approximately $770.3 million, excluding the chunk chewed up by taxes, or receive an annuity payment followed by 29 annual premiums increasing by 5% each time.
No one has clinched a Powerball win since May 31, making way for an enviable prize that keeps stacking up.
The highest-ever payout was $2.04 billion, in 2022.