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.

Lottery players in Michigan have one last chance to check their old Powerball tickets for a winning ticket worth $250,000 that expires Tuesday. The winning ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball -- 01-03-07-16-66 PB: 05 -- for the drawing on March 11,