{"id":330808,"date":"2026-05-24T19:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330808\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:33:08","slug":"powerball-winner-ticket-sold-in-baker-california-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330808\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball winner ticket sold in Baker, California shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Powerball ticket sold in Southern California fell just one number short of winning the $132 million jackpot, lottery officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the lucky ticket won $32,486.<\/p>\n<p>The ticket matched <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.calottery.com\/en\/draw-games\/powerball#section-content-1-3\">four winning numbers<\/a> and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, May 23, the California State Lottery said.<\/p>\n<p>California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.<\/p>\n<p>Where was winning Powerball ticket sold in California?<\/p>\n<p>The lucky ticket was sold at Baker Chevron at 72083 Baker Blvd. in Baker, which is about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles, lottery officials said..<\/p>\n<p>What were winning numbers in Saturday\u2019s drawing?<\/p>\n<p>The winning numbers were 4, 16, 41, 48 and 66 with a Powerball of 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Power Play multiplier was 2x.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Powerball jackpot up to now?<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot now rises to an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/\">estimated $141 million<\/a>, with a cash value of about $62 million, for the next drawing Monday, May 25, the national Powerball site said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 480,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. There were nearly 60,000 winners in California.<\/p>\n<p>A player In West Virginia won $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Powerball jackpot <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/draw-result?gc=powerball&amp;date=2026-05-02\">was last won<\/a> May 2, when players from Florida and Texas hit the $20 million jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>How to play Powerball lottery game<\/p>\n<p>To score a jackpot in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/\">Powerball<\/a>, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.<\/p>\n<p>The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.<\/p>\n<p>When is the next Powerball drawing?<\/p>\n<p>Powerball drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time and can be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/watch-drawing\">streamed online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The next drawing will be Monday, May 25.<\/p>\n<p>Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.<\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/tel:1-800-522-4700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-800-522-4700<\/a> or visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\/help-treatment\/national-helpline-1-800-522-4700\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Council on Problem Gambling website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174905\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don Sweeney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Powerball ticket sold in Southern California fell just one number short of winning the $132 million jackpot,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-330808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}