A Powerball player just missed a $279 million jackpot — but still scored a prize worth celebrating in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the March 3 drawing. Since the player spent an extra dollar on the Power Play option, their $50,000 prize doubled to $100,000, results show.

A Powerball ticket sold in Missouri won $50,000 but just missed the $265 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, March 1, the Missouri Lottery said. A ticket sold in Michigan won a $1 million prize.

The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: (two, twenty-three, thirty-six, forty-four, forty-nine, Powerball: twenty-five, Power Play: three)