Powerball players just miss $219 million jackpot — but still win big in Texas
Three Powerball tickets sold in Texas won $50,000 each but just missed the $219 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Feb. 22, the Texas Lottery said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $230 million, with a cash value of about $105.2 million, for the next drawing Monday, Feb. 24, the national Powerball site said.
The winning numbers were 7, 18, 22, 50 and 65, with a Powerball of 15, the lottery said. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
A ticket sold in Illinois and a ticket sold in Vermont won $1 million each in the drawing.
More than 565,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, 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.