No winners in Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing, jackpot grows to $310 million

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Powerball lottery jackpot is going where it has only gone four other times in history.

After no one matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing, the jackpot is growing to $310 million for Saturday's drawing.

Wednesday's numbers were 17, 28, 38, 39, 51 with 33 as the Powerball.

There were a total of 159,794 winning tickets in Florida. No one in the state matched all five numbers. Five tickets did get four numbers and the Powerball to win $10,000.

It has been more than four years since the jackpot reached at least $310 million. The largest winning ticket was in February 2006 when workers at a Nebraska meatpacking plant split a $365,000,000 jackpot.

Powerball recently changed the game's odds to make it easier to win. Beginning with the January 18 drawing, 5 balls are drawn from a pool of 59 numbers followed by the drawing of the Powerball from a pool of 35 numbers. The lottery also increased the price of a Powerball ticket from $1 to $2.

Previously, the game used a pool of 39 numbered balls for the Powerball.

The deadline to buy tickets for Saturday night's drawing is 10:00 p.m. EST.

For more information, visit www.powerball.com .