Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Orange County

By RENEE SCHIAVONE (Patch Staff)

By the time the numbers were drawn Saturday night, the Powerball jackpot had climbed to an estimated $949,800,000. Anyway you look at it, that’s a lot of money.

Ok, so maybe you didn’t get all five of the numbers, plus the red Powerball. But did anyone?

Not in California, according to California Lottery Spokesman Alex Traverso. However, six tickets were sold in the Golden State with five of the numbers, but no Powerball.

“We will know the amounts in a couple of hours,” Traverso said in a news release Saturday night. “It will also be a couple hours or even longer before we know if anyone in the 43 other states where Powerball is played... has won the record $949 million jackpot.”

If no one wins the jackpot, the prize is estimated to grow yet again, to at least $1.3 billion. That drawing would be held on Wednesday.

The California winning tickets were sold at the following locations:

• 7-Eleven, located at 4193 Central Avenue in Fremont (Alameda County)
• Parkwood Gas & Food, 1612 West Hammer Lane in Stockton (San Joaquin County)
• Nice Market, located at 3794 Highway 20 in Nice (Lake County)
• Hassan #38, located at 32842 Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point (Orange County)
• Primm Valley Lotto, located at Interstate 15 & Stateline NV in Nipton (San Bernardino County)
• Stateline Service, located at 65845 Cima Road in Mountain Pass (San Bernardino County)

California Lottery officials say they will provide updates as soon as they learn if the jackpot was won in another state, or if it will roll to Wednesday. Patch will update this story with the latest information as soon as it becomes available.

“As you’ve heard by now, the $949 million is the largest jackpot in United States lottery history,” Traverso said. “The previous record of $656 million (from a Mega Millions® jackpot on March 30, 2012) has been shattered by $293 million. The $949 million jackpot also crushes the former Powerball jackpot record of $590.5 million set on May 18, 2013 by the Florida Lottery.”

WHAT ARE THE WINNING NUMBERS?

The winning numbers are:

32, 16, 19, 57, 34

Powerball number is:

13

HOW TO WIN POWERBALL:

The odds of winning the big prize are 1 in 292,201,338, according to MarketWatch. The service points out that the chances of being struck by lightning in any given year are 1 in 700,000.

According to the official Powerball website, the jackpot is won by matching all five white balls, in any order, and the red Powerball. But if you miss that coveted Powerball, you can still win a cool million dollars.

Here’s more:

Any time you match the red Powerball, you win a prize. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are approximately 1 in 25. Players win a prize by matching one of the 9 Ways to Win.