The Powerball winner in Lake Elsinore was just feet away from the big prize. Here's how much they won

A Powerball winner who bought his ticket in Lake Elsinore narrowly missed out on the $437 million top prize in Saturday's drawing. Still, they'll walk away with a quarter of a million dollars.

The ticket was the only one in California that matched the five main numbers, excluding the Powerball. The numbers were 7, 16, 19, 45 and 64. The Powerball number was 25.

The ticket was sold at a Chevron gas station on Railroad Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore and the exact prize amount was $243,665.

Only one other person also guessed five numbers correctly, not counting the Powerball. The ticket was purchased in Pennsylvania. The game is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

These two people have 180 days to claim their prize.

The top prize will rise to $456 million in Monday's drawing, with a cash payout of $219.9 million.

Each of the winners bought their ticket for $2, and the odds of winning the big prize are extremely slim: 1 in 292.2 million.

The people behind the lottery say they will improve on those astronomical odds of winning – at least on one game. Starting in April, Mega Millions tickets will increase from $2 per ticket to $5. The director of the Mega Millions Consortium recently told The Times that the adjusted odds of winning Mega Millions will now be better than those of Powerball.

The odds of winning Mega Millions are currently 1 in 302.6 million. With Powerball it's 1 in 292.2 million.

Additionally, Mega Millions adds a built-in multiplier to each ticket, automatically increasing non-jackpot winnings by 10x. And the game will eliminate break-even tickets, meaning that when a player wins, they always win more than the ticket costs.