Powerball players just miss $404 million jackpot — but still win big in Texas
Two Powerball tickets sold in Texas won $100,000 each, just missing the $404 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched four winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play multiplier in the drawing Saturday, Nov. 1, the Texas Lottery said. Another ticket sold in Texas won $50,000 .
The lucky $100,000 tickets were sold at a Circle K store in Houston and a Timewise Food Store in The Woodlands, which is about a 30-mile drive northwest from Houston, lottery officials said in an email to McClatchy News.
The winning numbers were 2, 26, 43, 44 and 62 with a Powerball of 22. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $419 million, with a cash value of about $198 million, for the next drawing Monday, Nov. 3, the national Powerball site said.
More than 690,000 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.
This story was originally published November 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM.