Four Powerball tickets sold in California won $22,700 each, but just missed the $329 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 18, the California Lottery said.

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A Powerball ticket sold in California won $33,113, but just missed the $285 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched four winning Powerball numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, Jan. 13, the California Lottery said.

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Four Powerball tickets sold in California won $22,700 each, but just missed the $329 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A Powerball ticket sold in California won $33,113, but just missed the $285 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched four winning Powerball numbers and ...

The lottery jackpot was an estimated $46 million with a cash option of $24.9 million for Saturday night's drawing, according to the Powerball website. The jackpot was last won on Jan. 18 when a Oregon lottery player won $329 million Powerball jackpot.

A Powerball ticket sold in Oregon won the $329 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning Powerball numbers and Powerball, in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 18, the national Powerball site said.

Better odds and bigger jackpots. The California Lottery Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on changing the way the Mega Millions game is played.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to $31 million.