Someone in California is waking up a millionaire this week. A Powerball ticket worth $1.2 million was sold in Daly City, according to the California Lottery. The ticket matched five numbers in the latest draw but missed the Powerball number needed to win the grand jackpot.

A Powerball ticket sold in California matched five numbers drawn, just missing the Powerball to win $1,840,664, narrowly missing the $376 million jackpot.

LOS ANGELES - Feeling lucky? As the nation awaits the winner of the $400 million Powerball lottery jackpot, someone in California may be $1.8 million richer. According to California Lottery's website on Wednesday night, a ticket worth $1,840,664 was sold at a Circle K store in El Cajon.

Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $1.3 billion, with a cash value of about $589 million, Getty Images/iStockphoto A Powerball ticket sold in California won $1,378,451, just missing the $1.2 billion jackpot, lottery officials say.

In November 2022, Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, became the largest lottery winner in US history for his record $2.04 billion Powerball win.

Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball lottery Nov. 7, 2022, opted for the lump sum, which was just shy of $1 billion.

The jackpot resets to an estimated $20 million, with a cash value of about $9.2 million. Getty Images/iStockphoto Two Powerball tickets sold in California won $1.5 million each as two other tickets sold in the U.S. hit the $1.787 billion jackpot.

Castro won a $2 billion Powerball lottery in 2022. Since the fire earlier this year, he has been buying up lots in Altadena, California, with the hopes of leading the rebuilding efforts there. He has already spent $10 million on 15 lots, but he’s not the only one looking to buy in the wake of the disaster.