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Two Powerball tickets sold in California fell just one number shy of Wednesday’s winning $786 million prize, according to the California State Lottery.
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The lucky tickets were worth $36,741 each.
The tickets matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the Aug. 5 drawing.
California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of winners and the amount of tickets sold.
Where were the winning tickets sold in California?
The tickets were sold at Katna’s Kitchen in Fairfield and at the Boardwalk bowl in Santa Cruz.
What were the winning numbers in Wednesday’s draw?
The lucky numbers were 14, 20, 59, 60, 61 with a Powerball of 25.
The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
One lucky ticket sold at a Speedway in Mason, Ohio won a $1 million prize.
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Nobody won the jackpot, which now raises the jackpot to an estimated $856 million, with a cash value of $372 million, for the next drawing on Saturday, according to the national Powerball site.
More than 1 million other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. There were nearly 120,000 winners in California.
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The last Powerball jackpot win was May 2, when players from Florida and Texas hit the $20 million jackpot.
To score a jackpot in 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 purchased on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
Powerball drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time and can be streamed online.
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The next drawing will be Saturday, Aug. 8.