Powerball player wins big in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?

A Powerball player in California won $44,624, just missing the $293 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, July 19, the California Lottery said.

The lucky ticket was sold at Royal Pin Donuts in South San Francisco, lottery officials told McClatchy News in an email.

The winning numbers were 28, 48, 51, 61 and 69 with a Powerball of 20. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.

Powerball jackpot rises

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $308 million, with a cash value of about $137.7 million, for the next drawing Monday, July 21, the national Powerball site said.

More than 580,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000, 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.

This story was originally published July 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM.