INGLEWOOD – Two tickets worth $1 million were sold in Wednesday evening’s Powerball drawing.

The tickets were sold in Maryland and New York and matched five numbers but not the Powerball number.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers, according to lottery officials.

The numbers drawn in Wednesday evening’s Powerball lottery were 5, 17, 23, 35, 45 and the Powerball number was 24.

Saturday’s jackpot grows to $44 million.

The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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