
Powerball player misses $479 million jackpot in Pennsylvania — but wins big
The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play multiplier in the drawing Saturday, Aug. 9, the Pennsylvania Lottery said.
A ticket sold in Illinois won a $1 million prize.
The winning numbers were 7, 14, 23, 24 and 60 with a Powerball of 14. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $501 million, with a cash value of about $229.5 million, for the next drawing Monday, Aug. 11, the national Powerball site said.
More than 840,000 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.

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