Powerball players win $1 million each. Where in US were the lucky tickets sold?
Two Powerball tickets sold in Arizona and Texas won $1 million each, just missing the $609 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Monday, Aug. 18, the national Powerball site said.
The lucky Texas ticket was sold at an H-E-B Food Store in San Antonio, Texas lottery officials said.
The winning numbers were 15, 46, 61, 63 and 64 with a Powerball of 1. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $643 million, with a cash value of about $290.6 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, Aug. 20, the national Powerball site said.
More than 755,000 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 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.