El Cajon Powerball ticket wins $1.84M, jackpot rolls to $400M

A Powerball ticket sold in California won $1,840,664 after matching the five white balls but missing the red Powerball in the Oct. 29 drawing, lottery officials said. The ticket was sold at a Circle K convenience store in El Cajon, and the winning numbers drawn were 4, 24, 49, 60 and 65 with a Powerball of 1. The Power Play multiplier for the drawing was 2X.

No player matched all six numbers to claim the grand prize, so the jackpot will roll over to the next drawing, bringing the estimated prize to about $400 million with a cash value near $190.7 million for the Nov. 1 drawing. About 428,000 other Powerball tickets nationwide won prizes in Wednesday’s drawing, ranging from $4 to $100,000, officials said. The jackpot was last won on Sept. 6, when players in Missouri and Texas split a record $1.787 billion prize.

Powerball players win the jackpot by matching five white balls and the red Powerball. The overall odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 292,201,338. Drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern and the game is offered in 45 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Players may add the Power Play...