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Powerball player just misses $1.03 billion jackpot — but still wins big in Idaho
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A lottery player bought a Powerball ticket in Ada County, Idaho, and won a big prize during the April 1 drawing.
A lottery player in Idaho just missed the $1.03 billion Powerball jackpot, but they still won a big prize.
The player bought the ticket in Ada County and matched four out of the five white balls and the red Powerball in the Monday, April 1, drawing.
They scored $100,000.
The winning numbers were 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and red Powerball 23.
No one won the jackpot, so it grew to $1.09 billion with an estimated cash prize of $527.3 million for the Wednesday, April 3, drawing.
Second player wins big
Powerball tickets cost $3 in Idaho and include the PowerPlay option. The lucky player’s $50,000 prize was doubled to $100,000 as a result.
Another Idaho Powerball player also scored a big prize the same night.
This player bought a ticket in Jerome County and added the the Double Play feature for another $1. The player won $50,000 in the separate Double Play drawing with the same Powerball numbers.
The Double Play jackpot is $10 million.
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.
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