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No Powerball winner, jackpot soars

URBANDALE, Iowa, May 16 (UPI) -- No tickets matched all winning numbers in the $360 million Powerball jackpot, the lottery's website said Thursday.

The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 26, 34, 41 and a Powerball of 32.

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The jackpot has soared to $475 million and the next drawing will be Saturday, the website states. A jackpot of $475 million ranks as the second largest Powerball prize.

Two winners, one from Delaware and one from Pennsylvania, won Match 5 prizes of $2 million each.

There have been 305 Powerball jackpot winners since the game's inception, the website states. The average jackpot won in Powerball, since its beginning in 1992, is $47 million.

The multi-state lottery game offers smaller consolation prizes, from $3 to $2 million.

The odds of hitting all five numbers plus the Powerball are 1 in 175 million.

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