A lottery player just missed a $409 million jackpot — but still won a prize worth celebrating in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Oct. 16 drawing, making it worth $50,000, results show. The winning numbers: white balls 4-30-39-44-60, with red Powerball 11.

A Powerball ticket sold in California won $562,699 but just missed the $409 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, Oct. 16, the California Lottery said. It was sold at Quality Market in Newcastle, which is about a 30-mile drive northwest from Sacramento.

A ticket sold at Quality Market in Newcastle, CA matched five of six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, winning the lucky owner $562,699.

As the nation awaits the $437 million Powerball lottery winner, someone in California may be $560,000 richer. According to California Lottery's website late Wednesday night, a ticket worth $562,699 was sold at the Quality Market on Main Street in Newcastle,