Powerball player misses $204 million jackpot in Missouri — but still wins big

Miami Herald

4 days ago

A Powerball player in Missouri won $250,000, just missing the $204 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Powerball and the 5x Power Play in the drawing Monday, July 7, the Missouri Lottery said.
A player in Kentucky won $1 million, lottery officials said. Two players in California won $555,000 each.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $216 million, with a cash value of about $98.4 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, July 9, the site said.
The winning numbers were 33, 35, 58, 61 and 69, with a Powerball of 25. The Power Play multiplier was 5x.
More than 350,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $50,000, 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.