6 Winning Powerball Tickets Sold in California

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?

Nope, according to California Lottery Spokesman Alex Traverso. However, six tickets were sold in the Golden State with five of the numbers, but no Powerball.

And now, since no one won the jackpot, the prize has grown yet again, to at least $1.3 billion. That drawing will be held on Wednesday.

Of the massive jackpot, Traverso had this to say:

It was once an unimaginable threshold. The “B word” that Lottery electronic signs don’t even have space for. We’re talking billion. For the first time in history, Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot has climbed over one billion dollars. That’s correct. Since nobody won tonight’s staggering $949 million jackpot, it has rolled to an estimated $1.3 billion for January 13!

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)

WHAT WERE SATURDAY’S 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.