By Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $1.7 billion, the third highest in history, after no one won the drawing Wednesday night.

No one won the ticket that matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday : white balls 3, 16, 29, 61, 69 and red Powerball 22.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the odds of winning any prize overall are 1 in almost 25.

The next drawing is scheduled for Saturday night. The jackpot has a cash value of about $770.3 million.

Eleven tickets were sold that matched all five white balls, winning $1 million prizes. They were sold in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania .

Four tickets won $2 million by matching all five white balls and including

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