Over 6 million tickets sold in Ohio ahead of Wednesday’s Powerball drawing

DAYTON — More than six million Powerball tickets were sold ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing, Ohio Lottery confirms.

News Center 7 checked on Thursday and Ohio Lottery officials said 6,211,368 Powerball wagers were sold ahead of the drawing. That amounted to $12,422,736 in sales.

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Tickets purchased for Wednesday’s drawing surpassed the amount of those sold for Monday’s drawing by nearly two million.

Nobody matched all the numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. Lottery officials said Saturday’s jackpot will be for an estimated $1.5 billion, which would be the second-largest jackpot hit in Powerball history.

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