A Powerball ticket sold in Texas matched five numbers to win $1 million, just missing the $121 million jackpot.

A Powerball ticket sold in Texas matched five numbers to win $1 million, just missing the $121 million jackpot.

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A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $1 million and narrowly missed the $121 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, May 25, the Texas Lottery said.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $131 million, with a cash value of $61.2 million, for the next drawing Monday, May 27, according to the national Powerball site.

The winning numbers were 6, 33, 35, 36 and 64, with a Powerball of 24.

The $1 million ticket was sold at a convenience store in Moore, which is about a 40-mile drive southwest of San Antonio.

More than 40,000 other Powerball tickets sold in Texas also won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000, 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.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 25 years. He has been a real-time reporter based at The Sacramento Bee since 2016.

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