Somebody hit the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve — but the stroke of luck happened far from California, where a gambler will have to settle for $2.8 million.
That person matched all five white balls (4, 25, 31, 52 and 59) but missed the red No. 19 Powerball at a 7-Eleven in in the Inland Empire city of Chino Hill (San Bernardino County).
The big winner, in Arkansas, matched all six numbers and stands to pocket the cash option of $834.9 million in the second-biggest jackpot ever won in the U.S…