The numbers drawn in Wednesday evening’s Powerball lottery were 3, 16, 29, 61, 69 and the Powerball number was 22. The estimated jackpot is $1.4 billion, the sixth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

There hasn’t been a drawing with a grand prize winner since May 31, 40 drawings ago, when a ticket worth $207 million was sold at a convenience store in Arleta.

The jackpot is the fourth-largest in the history of the Powerball game, which began in 1992. There have been two larger jackpots for the Mega Millions game, which began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winni

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