2 winning Powerball tickets worth over $980,000 sold in Southern California

Two lucky Southern Californians have won over $980,000 after numbers were drawn for the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night.

Although no winner hit all six numbers for the $1.4 billion jackpot, two tickets matched five numbers and will take home $984,594.

The winning numbers are 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69, with a Powerball of 22. The Power Play multiplier is 2X.

The two tickets in SoCal that hit five numbers were sold at:

• Stater Bros. at 7200 Arlington Avenue in Riverside
• Albertsons at 13045 Highway 58 in Bakersfield

The Powerball jackpot will rise to an estimated $1.7 billion for the next drawing on Saturday, Sept. 6. — the game’s third-largest prize ever. The prize is the result of 41 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner.

If a player wins Saturday’s jackpot, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize estimated at $1.7 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $770.3 million. Both prize options are before taxes. 

If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5 percent each year.

The current streak has tied the game’s record for the most consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. The only other Powerball jackpot run to reach 42 drawings ended on April 6, 2024, with a $1.326 billion jackpot won in Oregon.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million and the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9. 

Top 10 Powerball Jackpots:

1. $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
2. $1.765 Billion – Oct. 11, 2023 – CA
3. $1.70 Billion (estimated) – Sept. 6, 2025
4. $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
5. $1.326 Billion – April 6, 2024 – OR
6. $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
7. $842.4 Million – January 1, 2024 – MI
8. $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
9. $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
10. $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 – WA

“Every ticket sold not only gives players a chance at an amazing prize, but also supports California’s public schools,” lottery officials said. “For every $2 Powerball ticket sold in the state, about 80 cents goes directly to public school education. So far, this Powerball run alone has generated more than $114 million for California public education.”

Powerball tickets are $2 per play and drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night at 7:59 p.m. The drawing is also live-streamed on Powerball.com.