Powerball player wins $1 million prize. Where in the US was the winning ticket sold?
A Powerball ticket sold in Michigan won $1 million but just missed the $265 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, March 1, the Michigan Lottery said.
Another Michigan ticket also won a $50,000 prize, the lottery said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $279 million, with a cash value of about $131.5 million, for the next drawing Monday, March 3, the national Powerball site said.
The winning numbers were 2, 23, 36, 44 and 49, with a Powerball of 25, the lottery said. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
More than 615,000 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 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.