Check your numbers: One lucky Powerball ticket buyer in North Carolina scores $1 million win

Published 7:33 pm Thursday, January 5, 2023

: Courtesy NC Education Lottery

The North Carolina Education Lottery has reported that one North Carolinian who tried their luck in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing matched all five white balls to win a $1 million prize.

The lucky winner purchased their $2 ticket from The I market on Barber Boulevard in Waynesville in Haywood County.

The odds of matching numbers on five white balls are 1 in 11.6 million. The winner has 180 days from the drawing to claim the prize.

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Since no one won the Wednesday, January 4 jackpot, the new jackpot for Saturday’s drawing will climb to $325 million as an annuity, or $165.2 million cash.

“Ticket sales from draw games make it possible for the lottery to raise on average more than $2.5 million a day for education,” stated a North Carolina Education Lottery press release.

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