A Powerball player in Virginia fell short of the $20 million jackpot prize, but still won big, lottery officials said. John Sarwari won $50,000 in the Jan. 20 drawing and tripled it with a Power Play add on, the Virginia Lottery said in a March 14 news release.

A lucky Powerball player in Colorado won $1 million but just missed the $353 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The winning ticket matched five numbers, but not the Powerball, in the drawing Wednesday, March 12, according to the national Powerball site.