Powerball player wins $250,000 in North Carolina. Where was the ticket sold?
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A Powerball player just missed a massive jackpot — but still has a life-changing prize waiting for them in North Carolina.
The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the drawing Saturday, Aug. 17. Since the person spent an extra dollar on the Power Play option, their $50,000 prize rose to $250,000, results show.
The winning numbers: white balls 12-31-43-45-46, with red Powerball 22.
The lucky ticket, which matched four of the white balls and the red ball to win big, was sold online. The player tried their luck while in the town of Conover, a roughly 45-mile drive northwest from Charlotte, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on its website and in an email to McClatchy News.
The winner was one number from the estimated jackpot prize of $35 million. No one hit the jackpot, and the North Carolina player joined four other $250,000 winners in scoring the largest prizes in the country the night of the drawing, according to the Powerball website.
As of about 7:30 a.m. Aug. 19, the North Carolina prize hadn’t been claimed. Drawing game winners have about six months to cash in, lottery officials said.
What to know about Powerball
To score the 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.
