No Powerball
ticket holder had all six numbers to claim Wednesday's $500
million prize, the Multi-State Lottery Association said on its
website.
The jackpot will continue to increase, with the next draw to be
held on Saturday, it said.
The last Powerball jackpot winner was in November, when a ticket
holder from Tennessee claimed $144.1 million. However, that was
far smaller than last year's biggest jackpots of $564.1 million
in February and $310.5 million in September.
The largest-ever U.S. lottery jackpot payout was in March 2012,
when $656 million was won in a Mega Millions draw.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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