A Powerball player in California missed out on the $163 million jackpot but still won $29,466, lottery officials said. The ticket in the Dec. 30 drawing matched four winning Powerball numbers plus the Powerball, according to the California Lottery.

A Mega Millions ticket holder in California woke up much richer on Saturday after they matched all six numbers in the lottery hours before to win an estimated $1.3 billion, the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history.

Friday’s jackpot was the fifth-largest Mega Millions prize in US history and the winning ticket was sold at Sunshine Food and Gas in Cottonwood, a census-designated area with a population of about 6,000 people, in Shasta County, about 150 miles north of Sacramento . The identity of the winner (or winners) wasn’t immediately known.

Stockphoto Two Powerball tickets sold in California won $26,487 each, but just missed the $145 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched four winning Powerball numbers and the Powerball,

A lucky person won the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot after picking the winning numbers at a Cottonwood market.

The $1.26 billion Mega Millions lottery in Cottonwood is the largest win here but tickets worth big money have sold in this part of California before.

One Mega Millions ticket sold in California has just won Friday’s estimated $1.15 billion jackpot – believed to be the fifth-largest prize in the history of the game, the lottery says.

The winning numbers were 3, 7, 37, 49 and 55. The Mega Ball was 6. The jackpot is the fifth-biggest ever in the Mega Millions lotteries.

The Mega Millions jackpot reset to $20 million after a ticket in California had the numbers to claim a $1.22 billion prize in Friday's draw.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $20 million with a cash option of $9 million for Wednesday night's drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on on Dec.