Two Powerball players win $1 million in Texas. Where were the lucky tickets sold?

Two Powerball tickets sold in Texas won $1 million and narrowly missed the $143 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Monday, July 29, the Texas Lottery said.

A Powerball ticket sold in Georgia also won $1 million.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $154 million, with a cash value of $73.3 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, July 31, according to the national Powerball site.

The winning numbers were 11, 27, 30, 33 and 44, with a Powerball of 16. The Power Play was 3.

The $1 million tickets were sold at a gas station in Hempstead, which is about a 55-mile drive northwest from Houston, and a convenience store in Corpus Christi, according to the Texas Lottery.

Nearly 22,000 other Powerball tickets sold in Texas also won prizes ranging from $4 to $300, the state 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.

This story was originally published July 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM with the headline "Two Powerball players win $1 million in Texas. Where were the lucky tickets sold?."