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Powerball player wins $3.1 million in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?
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A Powerball ticket sold in California matched five numbers to win $3.1 million, just missing the $78 million jackpot.
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A Powerball ticket sold in California won $3.1 million, narrowly missing out on the $78 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, May 18, the California Lottery said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $88 million, with a cash value of $41.4 million, for the next drawing Monday, May 20, according to the national Powerball site.
The winning numbers were 19, 36, 37, 42 and 59, with a Powerball of 19.
The $3.1 million ticket was sold at a convenience store in Anaheim, which is about a 30-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles.
California adjusts Powerball prizes based on the number of tickets sold and winners.
More than 52,000 other Powerball tickets sold in California also won prizes ranging from $4 to nearly $15,000, the state lottery 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.
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