Powerball lottery tickets sold in Texas narrowly miss jackpot

Two Powerball tickets sold in Texas matched five numbers and won $1 million, narrowly missing the $143 million jackpot.

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Two Powerball tickets sold in Texas won $1 million, narrowly missing the $143 million jackpot, lottery officials said.

The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Powerball numbers, in the Monday, July 29 drawing, the Texas Lottery said.

A Powerball ticket sold in Georgia also won $1 million.

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No one won the top prize, estimated to be worth $154 million, with a cash value of $73.3 million, before the next drawing on Wednesday, July 31, according to the national Powerball website.

The winning numbers were 11, 27, 30, 33 and 44, with a Powerball of 16. The Power Play was 3.

The Texas Lottery said the $1 million tickets were sold at a gas station in Hempstead, which is about 55 miles (88 kilometers) northwest of Houston, and at a grocery store in Corpus Christi.

Nearly 22,000 other Powerball tickets sold in Texas also won prizes ranging from $4 to $300, the state lottery said.

The Powerball jackpot has not been claimed since July 3, when an Ohio player won the $139.3 million top prize, lottery officials said.

What You Need to Know About Powerball

To win a jackpot in Powerball, a player must: match all five white balls and the red Powerball.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.

Tickets can be purchased on the day of the drawing, but sales times and prices vary by state.

The drawings will air on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.

Powerball is played in 45 states: Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. For some, however, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 25 years. Since 2016, he has been a real-time reporter at The Sacramento Bee.