One lucky California Lottery player bought a winning Powerball ticket worth more than $360,000 in San Pablo on Saturday night, California Lottery officials said.
State lottery officials said the ticket, which turned out to be worth $360,931, was purchased at the Smoke 4 Less located at 3340 San Pablo Dam Road.
The lucky numbers during Saturday night’s draw were 1, 38, 25, 13 and 3 — missing only the Powerball number of 17.
Since no player matched all six numbers, the Wednesday Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $178 million, according to lottery officials.
Powerball is a multi-state game played in California and 43 other states including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The California Lottery reminds all winners to sign the back of their ticket in ink, store it in a safe place and to visit one of nine Lottery District offices as soon as possible.
Last modified November 2, 2014 10:22 pm
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• DON'T have regular special numbers - they can soon become a millstone round your neck so you dare not ever forget to play them.
• DON'T choose all birthday or calendar date numbers - millions of people do that and you'll probably have to share any win.
• DON'T choose consecutive numbers (like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Amazingly, tens of thousands of people do this, so your win share could be very small.
• DO consider Quick Picks (lucky dips) - many big winners have reported that their wins came from quick picks.
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