The Powerball lottery jackpot soared to an estimated $290 million after no one won the grand prize in Wednesday's drawing, according to the game's website.

The winning numbers for the July 31 drawing were 8, 24, 39, 49, 59 and the Powerball number was 5.

The next drawing will be Saturday, August 3.

Though there were no jackpot winners, two players, one in Oklahoma and another in Oregon, won $2 million each for the Match 5 Power Play, according to the game's website. The Power Play option, which increases the size of the prize, costs an additional $1 to play.

In May, 84-year-old Gloria C. Mackenzie won the largest Powerball jackpot in history. With the jackpot coming in at $590 million, Mackenzie decided to take a lump sum cash payout of $370.8 million, according to ABC News.

The chances of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1 in 175,223,510.

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  • Woman 'Hides' Winning Ticket At McDonald's

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  • Geniuses Outsmart Massachusetts Cash WinFall

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  • Lotto Winner Found Million Dollar Ticket While Cleaning Out Desk

    Retired hospice chaplain Ron Yurcus <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/ron-yurcus-glen-ellyn-lot_n_2139308.html">stumbled across a million-dollar miracle when he found a winning lottery ticket while cleaning out his desk</a> in November 2012. He had purchased the Powerball ticket from a BP gas station two months earlier.

  • Controversy Over Record Mega Millions Jackpot

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  • New York Brothers Charged With Scamming $5 Million Lottery Ticket

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  • Homeless Man Wins $200,000 Lottery Prize

    A homeless man in Greenville, S.C. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/homeless-man-wins-lottery-greenville_n_1989771.html">won $200,000 from a scratch-off lottery game</a> in October 2012.

  • Teen Cancer Survivor Wins Mega Millions Lottery

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  • Friends Win Mega Millions Jackpot After Playing Together For 25 Years

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  • Clerk Steals Winning Ticket From Great-Grandma

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  • Connecticut Money Managers Win Big Jackpot

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