Powerball player just misses $31 million jackpot — but still wins big in Texas

A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $100,000 but just missed the $31 million jackpot, lottery officials say.

The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Power Play and the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, April 2, the Texas Lottery said.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $47 million, with a cash value of about $21.8 million, for the next drawing Saturday, April 5, the site said.

The winning numbers were 5, 17, 41, 64 and 69, with a Powerball of 1, the lottery said. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.

More than 270,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot was last won March 29, when a California player hit the $527 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.

This story was originally published April 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM with the headline "Powerball player just misses $31 million jackpot — but still wins big in Texas."