No players matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's Powerball game, so the jackpot for Saturday's drawing will be $125 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 5, 15, 26, 28 and 32, and the Power Ball was 9.
Meanwhile, Georgia Lottery Corp. officials announced Thursday afternoon that the jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing has climbed to $312 million.
Two tickets sold in Georgia matched the first five Mega Millions numbers drawn Tuesday night -- 1, 14, 35, 50 and 53, -- but not the "Mega Ball," which was 43. Those players, along with 24 players in other states, won $250,000 each.
The record advertised jackpot for a Mega Millions drawing was $390 million in March 2007. That huge payout was split between Eddie Nabors, a truck driver from northwest Georgia, and a New Jersey couple, Elaine and Harold Messner. Nabors and the Messners both chose the cash option and received $116 million before taxes.
If a single player wins Friday night's jackpot and chooses the cash option, that player will receive $198 million before taxes.
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