A stroke of luck hit the Capitol City when an unclaimed Powerball ticket worth nearly $1.4 million was purchased at a Sacramento gas station. FOX40 reports that a ticket matched five numbers during the Wednesday night draw, which was held on December 18. It was a near-miss with greatness, as no ticket scooped up the grand prize jackpot this time around.
The lucky ticket was sold at an ARCO AM/PM gas station, located at the intersection of Marconi and Eastern Avenues, making it a potentially life-changing holiday season for one Sacramento resident. The numbers that brought this windfall are 6, 15, 18, 33, and 49, with the Powerball number 7. And while the ticket-holder has yet to come forward, the ARCO station is already feeling a bit of the joy with a $7,000 seller's bonus, according to the information by KCRA.
As for the Powerball, it continues to be an elusive beast, with the grand prize jackpot rolling over once again. Lottery officials announced that the jackpot for the upcoming Saturday draw is swelling to an estimated $88 million. It's a sum that would surely make for a bright New Year's celebration for any lucky winner.
Hopeful ticket buyers should remember that while the odds are long (we're talking about 1 in 292.2 million for the jackpot), someone always wins eventually. Will Sacramento see back-to-back winners, or will the Powerball frenzy move to another locale? Lottery players nationwide are surely marking their calendars for the December 21 draw, waiting to see where the chips— or more appropriately, the numbered balls — will fall.
