Powerball player just misses $175 million jackpot — but still wins big in Texas
A Powerball player in Texas won $50,000, just missing the $175 million jackpot.
The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, July 2, the Texas Lottery said.
The lucky ticket was sold at H-E-B in Katy, about a 30-mile drive west from Houston, according to lottery officials.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $190 million, with a cash value of about $87 million, for the next drawing Saturday, July 5, the national Powerball site said.
The winning numbers July 2 were 7, 19, 21, 54, 63 with a Powerball of 21. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Nearly 360,000 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 May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million grand prize.
What to know about Powerball
To score the 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.
