Powerball players narrowly miss $163 million jackpot — but still win big in California

Three Powerball tickets sold in California are now worth $30,858 after just missing the $163 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The tickets matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, Sept. 16, the California Lottery said. California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $176 million, with a cash value of $89.4 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, Sept. 18, the national Powerball website said.

The winning numbers were 8, 9, 11, 27 and 31 with a Powerball of 17, the lottery said. The Power Play was 5.

A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $2 million, while tickets sold in Arkansas and Virginia won $1 million.

More than 390,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $250,000, the lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

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.