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 ha