Powerball player just misses $265 million jackpot — but still wins big in Missouri

A Powerball ticket sold in Missouri won $50,000 but just missed the $265 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, March 1, the Missouri Lottery said.

A ticket sold in Michigan won a $1 million prize.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $279 million, with a cash value of about $131.5 million, for the next drawing Monday, March 3, the national Powerball site said.

The winning numbers were 2, 23, 36, 44 and 49, with a Powerball of 25, the lottery said. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.

More than 615,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000, the lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot was last won Jan. 18, when an Oregon player hit the $329 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 March 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM with the headline "Powerball player just misses $265 million jackpot — but still wins big in Missouri."