{"id":378515,"date":"2026-06-28T18:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378515\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:44:07","slug":"nearly-80000-california-players-win-powerball-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378515\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 80,000 California players win Powerball prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Powerball ticket sold in California fell just one number short of winning the $346 million jackpot, lottery officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the lucky ticket won $71,708.<\/p>\n<p>The ticket matched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calottery.com\/en\/draw-games\/powerball#section-content-1-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four winning numbers<\/a> and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, June 27, 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 a 7-Eleven store at 690 N. Lake Ave. in Pasadena, lottery officials said.<\/p>\n<p>What were winning numbers in Saturday\u2019s drawing?<\/p>\n<p>The winning numbers were 3, 15, 28, 30 and 59 with a Powerball of 11.<\/p>\n<p>The Power Play multiplier was 2x.<\/p>\n<p>Players in Arizona and Tennessee won $2 million each.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Powerball jackpot up to now?<\/p>\n<p>Nobody won the jackpot, which now rises to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">estimated $360 million<\/a>, with a cash value of about $163.8 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, July 1, the national Powerball site said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 660,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. There were nearly 80,000 winners in California.<\/p>\n<p>The Powerball jackpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/draw-result?gc=powerball&amp;date=2026-05-02\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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 href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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 href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/watch-drawing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streamed online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The next drawing will be Wednesday, July 1.<\/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 California fell just one number short of winning the $346 million jackpot, lottery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-378515","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\/378515","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=378515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}