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No winners of Powerball and Mega Millions drawings push both jackpots to more than $600 million each

January 14, 2021. Summarized by summa-bot.

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A man walks his dog past lottery signs Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, displaying the recent jackpot amounts in Chicago???s fames Loop. Lottery players have a chance to win the largest jackpots in nearly two years as Tuesday???s Mega Millions has grown to $625 million and Wednesday???s Powerball to $550 million. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

No ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing, pushing its weekend jackpot to an estimated $640 million.

(CNN)No ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing, pushing its weekend jackpot to an estimated $640 million.

Tuesday's Mega Millions also failed to find a top prize winner, which will have an estimated $750 million jackpot on Friday.

Powerball announced a $2 million winning ticket, which matched five numbers and used a power play multiplier, was sold in Virginia.

The $640 million drawing on Saturday will be Powerball's fifth-largest in its history, and its highest amount in nearly two years.

Mega Millions' $750 million jackpot will be its second largest ever.

A $1. 537 billion Mega Millions prize in October 2018 was claimed anonymously by a South Carolinian.

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