Powerball jackpot reaches $550 million after Saturday’s draw yields no big winner

Feeling lucky? There’s a shot at winning roughly half a billion dollars in the upcoming Powerball draw.

After no tickets matched all six numbers during Saturday’s draw, the prize for the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday soared to $550 million.

“Spring is rolling in and the Powerball jackpot is growing,” said David Barden, Powerball Product Group Chairman and New Mexico Lottery CEO, in a news release.

The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing were white balls 30, 34, 39, 53, 67, Powerball 11, and Power Play multiplier 2X.

While no one scored the jackpot win, some winners took home smaller — but still hefty — prizes. One ticket in North Dakota scored $2 million by including the “Power Play” option, while two tickets in New Jersey and Pennsylvania won $1 million each by matching all five white balls.There were 44 tickets — sold in 24 different jurisdictions — that won $50,000 prizes by matching four white balls and the red Powerball. There were more than 1.9 million winning tickets in varying amounts, according to lottery officials.

The jackpot was last hit in New York in the December 26 drawing. Since then, there have been 23 drawings in a row without a jackpot winner.

Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Last October, the Mega Millions jackpot soared to a record $1.5 billion. The holder of the winning ticket, which was sold in South Carolina, came forward just last week to claim the prize.

In the Bay Area, workers at a San Jose branch of Wells Fargo who bought a winning ticket at Ernie’s Liquors split a $543 million Mega Millions jackpot last July.

Staff writer Jason Green contributed to this report.