Northern California player wins six-figure Powerball prize. Where was ticket sold?

A Powerball ticket sold in California fell just one number short of winning the $375 million jackpot, lottery officials said.

Instead, the lucky ticket won $781,679.

The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, July 1, the California State Lottery said.

A second ticket sold in California won $59,442.

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 six-figure ticket was sold at a Shell station at 101 Bernal Ave. in San Jose, lottery officials said.

The other big winner was sold at Circle 1 Food Store at 2371 University Ave. in Riverside.

What were winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing?

The winning numbers were 2, 6, 26, 39 and 68 with a Powerball of 6.

The Power Play multiplier was 2x.

What is the Powerball jackpot up to now?

Nobody won the jackpot, which now rises to an estimated $396 million, with a cash value of about $180.2 million, for the next drawing Saturday, July 4, the national Powerball site said.

Nearly 470,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. There were nearly 60,000 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 bought 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 Saturday, July 4.

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