Powerball Jackpot Soars to $228 Million After No Winners

The jackpot increase follows a series of drawings without major prize winners, including the absence of $1 million second-prize tickets.

The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing reached $228 million, with a cash option of $112.6 million, after no winners emerged from Monday's drawing.
No second-prize, $1 million tickets were sold, and no one hit the secondary, $10 million Double Play jackpot.
In New Jersey, a $50,000 third-prize ticket was sold to a player who purchased their ticket online using the Jackpocket app.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 292,201,388 to 1, with overall odds of winning any prize at about one in 24.9.
Powerball drawings are held three times per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.