Powerball player misses $20 million jackpot but still wins big. Where was ticket sold?
A Powerball player in Virginia fell short of the $20 million jackpot prize, but still won big, lottery officials said.
John Sarwari won $50,000 in the Jan. 20 drawing and tripled it with a Power Play add on, the Virginia Lottery said in a March 14 news release.
Using Easy Pick to randomly select numbers, Sarwari matched four of the five winning numbers and the Powerball, lottery officials said.
The winning numbers in the Jan. 20 drawing were 15, 16, 32, 47 and 54, according to the lottery. The Powerball was 6.
He bought his ticket at a CVS in Fredericksburg, about a 60-mile drive north from Richmond, lottery officials said.
No one won the jackpot in the Jan. 20 drawing, according to the national Powerball website. One person from Texas matched all five numbers to win $1 million.
The estimated jackpot prize as of March 14 is $378 million, and the next drawing is March 15, according to the Powerball website.
What to know about Powerball
To score the 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 March 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM with the headline "Powerball player misses $20 million jackpot but still wins big. Where was ticket sold?."
