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.

The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, will be posted here once drawn. Winning lottery numbers are sponsored byJackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network. No one won the jackpot, Match 5 + Power Play $2 million prize or the Match 5 $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)