Powerball player just misses $451 million jackpot in Ohio — but still wins big

Miami Herald

2 days ago

A Powerball player in Ohio won $1 million, just missing the $451 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Ohio Lottery said.
Tickets sold in New Jersey and New York also won $1 million prizes.
A ticket sold in California, which adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners, won $700,000.
The winning numbers were 15, 27, 43, 45 and 53 with a Powerball of 9. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $482 million, with a cash value of about $218.9 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Aug. 9, the national Powerball site said.
More than 610,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, 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.