Powerball player misses jackpot but still wins big in NC. Where was the ticket sold?
A Powerball player just missed a $398 million jackpot — but still has a lot to celebrate in North Carolina.
The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the March 17 drawing, making it worth $50,000, results show.
The winning numbers: white balls 11-18-23-38-60, with red Powerball 9.
The player is set to get richer after their ticket matched four white balls and the red ball. The lucky ticket was sold online in Monroe, a roughly 25-mile drive southeast from uptown Charlotte, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on its website and in an email to McClatchy News.
The winner was one number from scoring the jackpot prize, which stood at an estimated $398 million the night of the drawing. North Carolina lottery officials had hoped someone in the state would win the top prize.
“We would love to see the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day bring a jackpot to North Carolina,” Mark Michalko, lottery CEO, wrote in a March 17 news release.
No one hit the jackpot, which now rises to $416 million, according to the Powerball website.
As of 9:30 a.m. March 18, the $50,000 winner hadn’t come forward. In North Carolina, Powerball ticket holders have about six months to claim their prizes, rules show.
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.
