$2.3M Powerball Ticket Sold In SoCal: Could It Be Yours?

OXNARD, CA — While there were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday night, one lucky Southern California player is $2.3 million richer, according to the California Lottery.

The ticketholder missed the jackpot by only the Powerball number but matched five numbers for the multimillion-dollar prize. The winning numbers Saturday were 4, 5, 28, 52, 69 and 20. The ticket was sold at Wright’s Market on Ventura Boulevard in Oxnard, according to the lottery.

California’s lucky player wasn’t alone — there were eight tickets sold nationwide with five numbers Saturday.

While tickets with five numbers — but missing the Powerball number — sold in other states are worth $1 million or $2 million, California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, meaning they are determined by sales and the number of winners.

The other seven tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number — two in Michigan and one each in Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Ohio — are each worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.

With no top winner Saturday, Monday’s jackpot is estimated at $1.6 billion, according to the California Lottery, making it the fourth-largest in the history of the Powerball game. A ticket with all six numbers hasn't been sold since Sept. 6.

Powerball tickets are $2, and drawings take place at 7:59 p.m. every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday.

The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.

The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

City News Service contributed to this story.