California player wins five-figure Powerball prize as jackpot hits $786 million

A Powerball ticket sold in California fell just one number short of winning the $754 million jackpot, lottery officials said.

Instead, the lucky ticket won $63,851.

The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, Aug. 3, the California State Lottery said.

California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

Where was winning Powerball ticket sold in California?

The lucky ticket was sold at San Roque Market & Liquors at 3014 State St. in Santa Barbara, lottery officials said..

What were winning numbers in Monday’s drawing?

The winning numbers were 8, 30, 41, 48 and 54 with a Powerball of 4.

The Power Play multiplier was 2x.

A player in Wisconsin won $2 million.

What is the Powerball jackpot up to now?

Nobody won the jackpot, which now rises to an estimated $786 million, with a cash value of about $341.6 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, Aug. 5, the national Powerball site said.

More than 1 million other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. There were nearly 120,000 winners in California.

The Powerball jackpot was last won May 2, when players from Florida and Texas hit the $20 million jackpot.

How to play Powerball lottery game

To score a jackpot in 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 purchased on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

Powerball drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time and can be streamed online.

The next drawing will be Wednesday, Aug. 5.

Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.