Powerball players just miss $92 million jackpot — but still win big
Powerball tickets sold in Arizona and Tennessee won big and narrowly missed the $92 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, July 20, according to the national Powerball site.
The Tennessee ticket also hit the Power Play for $2 million, while the Arizona ticket won $1 million, the site said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $102 million, with a cash value of $48.9 million, for the next drawing Monday, July 22, the site said.
The winning numbers were 18, 25, 31, 40 and 57, with a Powerball of 4. The Power Play was 3.
In Tennessee, a winning Power Play on a $1 million prize doubles the prize, regardless of the actual multiplier.
More than 480,000 other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since July 3, when an Ohio player hit the $139.3 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.