Powerball player wins $562,000 in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?

A Powerball ticket sold in California won $562,699 but just missed the $409 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Oct. 16, the California Lottery said. It was sold at Quality Market in Newcastle, which is about a 30-mile drive northwest from Sacramento.

Five other tickets in California matched four numbers and the Powerball to win $8,951 each.

California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $437 million, with a cash value of $210.3 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Oct. 19, the national Powerball site said.

The winning numbers were 4, 30, 39, 44 and 60, with a Powerball of 11, the lottery said. The Power Play was 2.

Two tickets sold in Illinois and one in Washington also matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball for $1 million.

Nearly 635,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

What to know about Powerball

To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.

The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.

Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.

Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This story was originally published October 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM with the headline "Powerball player wins $562,000 in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?."