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3,000 Powerball ticket sold in California
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$243,000 Powerball ticket sold in California

You still have a chance!

While there was no winner of the Powerball jackpot Saturday night, one person who bought a ticket in Southern California almost won the top prize and is pocketing some serious cash.

According to California Lottery drawing data, one ticket matched five numbers.

The lucky ticket, valued at $243,664, was sold at a Chevron gas station at 25361 Railroad Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore.

The numbers drawn on Saturday were 7, 16, 19, 45, 64 and Powerball 25.

The jackpot for Monday night’s drawing is estimated at $456 million.

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The chance of winning a Powerball drawing is 1 in 292 million.

Your chances are so small that one person is a lot They are more likely to be struck by lightning at some point than to win a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot, even if they have played every drawing of both for 80 years. But when so many people spend money for the chance at life-changing wealth, eventually someone wins.

Under the pension plan, winners receive an immediate payment and then 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year until they eventually reach a total of $1.5 billion.

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

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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