Powerball tickets sold in Florida and Kentucky won $1 million each, just missing the $273 million jackpot, lottery officials said.
The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Oct. 15, the national Powerball site said.
Three tickets also won $150,000 prizes.
The winning numbers were 10, 13, 28, 34 and 47 with a Powerball of 15. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
Powerball jackpot rises
Nobody won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $295 million, with a cash value of about $138.1 million, for the next drawing Saturday, Oct. 18, the national Powerball site said.
More than 415,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $50,000, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot was last won Sept. 6, when players in Missouri and Texas split the $1.787 billion 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.
Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.
Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 25 years. He has been a real-time reporter based at The Sacramento Bee since 2016.
