Powerball players just miss $66 million jackpot — but still win big in Texas
A Powerball player in Texas won $150,000, just missing the $66 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play in the drawing Wednesday, May 7, the Texas Lottery said.
The lucky ticket was sold at a Circle K in Bellmead just outside Waco, lottery officials told McClatchy News in an email.
Another ticket sold in Texas matched four winning numbers and the Powerball to win $50,000, lottery officials said.
That ticket was sold at New Caney Food Mart in New Caney, about a 30-mile drive northeast from Houston, lottery officials told McClatchy News in an email.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $82 million, with a cash value of about $37.7 million, for the next drawing Saturday, May 10, the national Powerball site said.
The winning numbers were 14, 15, 30, 40 and 59, with a Powerball of 20, the site said. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
More than 285,000 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 April 26, when a Kentucky player hit the $167 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 May 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM.