Powerball players win $1 million prizes. Where in US were the lucky tickets sold?

Powerball tickets sold in Illinois and Indiana won $1 million but just missed the $274 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Wednesday, Oct. 2, the national Powerball site said.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $295 million, with a cash value of $147.9 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Oct. 5.

The winning numbers were 1, 2, 21, 37 and 43 with a Powerball of 21, the lottery said. The Power Play was 3.

More than 505,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000, the lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 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 October 3, 2024 at 9:22 AM with the headline "Powerball players win $1 million prizes. Where in US were the lucky tickets sold?."