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Northern California store sells Powerball ticket with $562K prize

A.Hernandez1 hr ago

A store in Northern California sold a lottery ticket that matched five of six numbers in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, netting the lucky owner a more than half-a-million-dollar prize.

The winning ticket matched the 5 regular draw numbers of 4, 30, 39, 44, and 60 but did not match the Powerball of 11.

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The ticket was sold at Quality Market on Main Street in Newcastle, about 32 miles northeast of Sacramento.

The owner of the ticket now has 180 days to claim their $562,699 prize.

The ticket was the highest Powerball prize won on Wednesday. Another 5 tickets matched 4 numbers and the Powerball, netting a prize of $8,951.

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Nobody won the jackpot prize of $408 million.

The next jackpot prize for the next Powerball drawing, which takes place on Saturday, is estimated to be $437 million.

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