Powerball player wins $1 million in Pennsylvania as jackpot reaches $1.1 billion
A Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania won $1 million, just missing the $1.03 billion jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Aug. 30, the Pennsylvania Lottery said. Six other Pennsylvania players won $50,000 each.
Tickets sold in Colorado, Indiana and New Hampshire matched five winning numbers and the Power Play multiplier but not the Powerball to win $2 million each, the national Powerball site said.
Tickets sold in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts also matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball to win $1 million each.
Four players in California, which adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners, won $1.1 million each.
One hundred fifteen players across the U.S. matched four numbers drawn and the Powerball to win $50,000, and 27 added the Power Play multiplier to win $150,000.
The winning numbers were 3, 18, 22, 27 and 33 with a Powerball of 17. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $1.1 billion, with a cash value of about $498.4 million, for the next drawing Monday, Sept. 1, the national Powerball site said.
More than 4.7 million 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 May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million 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 August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Powerball player wins $1 million in Pennsylvania as jackpot reaches $1.1 billion."