(KATV,
Source: ASL) The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery created another millionaire
Wednesday night when a lucky Lockesburg Powerball player spent $2 on a ticket,
$1 on the PowerPlay, and correctly chose all five white-ball numbers. Those numbers are 11-13-23-43-54 (Powerball-4).
The
ticket was purchased at B & B Junction on Highway 71 North in Lockesburg
(Sevier County). The $50 Million Powerball jackpot was hit by a Florida
player and the jackpot Friday night will be $40 Million. Prizes from $4 to $2
Million are up for grabs in every Powerball drawing, regardless of the size
off the jackpot.
The
winning player's identity will not be known until the ticket is cashed. All
players who purchased Powerball Millions tickets for this draw at B & B
Junction in Lockesburg will want to check their numbers against the winning
numbers to see if their ticket is the lucky one.
Prizes
can be claimed at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center at 124 West Capitol
Avenue in Little Rock. Call ahead to 501-683-2000 to check for weather-related
closings.
A
prize at this level is won when the player correctly chooses the five
white-ball numbers between 1 and 59, but not the Powerball number (between
1 and 35). The prize is $1,000,000, but this winning player added the $1
PowerPlay, which doubles the prize to $2 Million. That extra dollar earned the
winner an extra million dollars!
The
next chances to win big are tonight with either the Arkansas-only Natural State
Jackpot at $185,000 or Decades of Dollars with a top prize of $250,000 a year
for 30 years. Friday, Mega Millions offers a jackpot of $25 Million, and
Saturday is your next chance to win Powerball, like the Lockesburg player, with
a top prize off $40 Million.
So
how are your chances? Here is a list of Powerball wins in Arkansas in the
last three years and three months:
ONE $2 MILLION winner $2,000,000
Five $1,000,0000 winners $5,000,000
Nine $200,0000 winners $1,800,000
Two $100,000
winners $ 200,000
Ten $50,000
winners $ 500,000
Twenty-two $40,000 winners $ 880,000
Eight $30,000
winners $ 240,000
Nine $20,000 winners
$ 180,000
Fifty-six $10,000 winners $ 560,000
An ASL spokesperson says, "That's about $37 Million in life changing
prizes. There have been millions and millions of dollars awarded to lower
tier Arkansas winners."
