Powerball player wins $1 million in Pennsylvania as jackpot hits $1.7 billion
A Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania won $1 million, just missing the $1.44 billion jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Sept. 3, the Pennsylvania Lottery said. Nine other Pennsylvania players won $100,000, and seven more won $50,00 each.
The lucky $1 million ticket was sold at Center Independent Oil in Scott Township, which is about a 6-mile drive southwest of Pittsburgh.
Tickets sold in Michigan, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming matched five winning numbers and the Power Play multiplier but not the Powerball to win $2 million each in the drawing, the national Powerball site said
Tickets sold in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Ohio matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball to win $1 million each.
Two players in California, which adjusts lottery prize amounts based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners, won $984,594 each, the California Lottery said.
Across the U.S., 117 players matched four numbers drawn and the Powerball to win $50,000, and 36 more added the Power Play multiplier to win $100,000.
The winning numbers were 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69 with a Powerball of 22. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $1.7 billion, with a cash value of about $770.3 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Sept. 6, the national Powerball site said.
More than 6.3 million other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $200, 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.
This story was originally published September 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM with the headline "Powerball player wins $1 million in Pennsylvania as jackpot hits $1.7 billion."