Powerball player wins $1 million in Texas. Where was the lucky ticket sold?

A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $1 million, but just missed the $478 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Texas Lottery said.

Another ticket in Texas matched four numbers and the Powerball to win $50,000.

A ticket sold in Georgia won the grand prize, which falls to an estimated $20 million, with a cash value of $9.6 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Oct. 26, the national Powerball site said.

The winning numbers were 2, 15, 27, 29 and 39, with a Powerball of 20, the lottery said. The Power Play was 2.

The winning Texas ticket was sold at a Kroger supermarket in Cypress, about a 30-mile drive northwest from Houston.

A ticket sold in Pennsylvania also matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball for $1 million.

More than 616,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot had 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 24, 2024 at 8:34 AM.