Woodland Hills and Redlands Powerball tickets worth $599,639 each
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WOODLAND HILLS — Two Powerball lottery tickets sold at small stores in Redlands and Woodland Hills didn’t hit the $731.1 million jackpot, but they contained enough of the right numbers in Wednesday’s draw to be worth almost $600,000 each.
The big winner purchased a Powerball ticket in Maryland that hit every number to earn the sixth-largest lottery jackpot in US history. If the lucky ticket-holder doesn’t want their $731 million in 30 payments over 29 years, they can get a lump sum of $546.8 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
The numbers drawn Wednesday were 40, 53, 60, 68, 69 and the Powerball number was 22.
The drawing was the 36th since a ticket with all six numbers was last sold, the longest streak without a jackpot winner in the history of the Powerball game which began in 1992.
There were two tickets sold in Southern California with five numbers but missing the Powerball number, one at a liquor store in Woodland Hills and the other at a convenience store in Redlands. They are both worth $599,639.
The Woodland Hills ticket was purchased at Deja Vu Liquor, 21056 Ventura Blvd., and the Redlands ticket came from the 7-Eleven at 1365 E. Citrus Ave.
There were 11 tickets sold outside California with five numbers but missing the Powerball number. One that was sold in Maryland was worth $2 million because the player utilized the Power Play option, where for an additional $1 per play, a ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, is worth $2 million.
The other 10 were each worth $1 million.
California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in about 293 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.87.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot for Saturday’s game will be $20 million.
