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Powerball player wins $100,000 prize in Texas. Where was the lucky ticket sold?

Nobody won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $99 million, with a cash value of about $46.3 million.
Nobody won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $99 million, with a cash value of about $46.3 million. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $100,000, just missing the $80 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Sept. 17, the Texas Lottery said.

The lucky ticket was sold at an Angels Blessings store in Porter, which is about a 30-mile drive northeast from Houston, lottery officials said in an email to McClatchy News.

A Powerball player in California, which adjusts prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners, matched five winning numbers without the Powerball to win $171,000.

The winning numbers were 7, 30, 50, 54 and 62 with a Powerball of 20. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.

Powerball jackpot resets

Nobody won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $99 million, with a cash value of about $46.3 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Sept. 20, the national Powerball site said.

More than 350,000 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 Sept. 6, when players in Missouri and Texas split the $1.787 billion grand prize.

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.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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