$1 Million Powerball Prize Won on Quick Pick Ticket in Pike County
(STL.News) A Powerball player won a $1 million prize when the ticket she purchased at FastLane, 720 N. 3rd St. in Louisiana, matched all five white-ball numbers drawn in the September 13th drawing.
Her husband was the one who discovered they held a winning ticket.
“He was checking it on the website, and it was like, ‘Wow!’” the winner said.
She was in a different part of the house at the time, and he quickly came to find her.
“He was like, ‘Read these numbers,’ and I just couldn’t believe it,” she said.
The winning numbers that night were 22, 30, 37, 44, and 45, with a Powerball number of 18.
In addition to the winner’s prize, FastLane earned a $1,000 bonus for selling a “Match 5” Powerball ticket.
Powerball is a $2 per play multi-state Draw Game with drawings held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 9:59 p.m. All current and past winning numbers can be found at MOLottery.com.
In FY23, players in Pike County won more than $3.1 million in Missouri Lottery prizes, retailers received more than $308,000 in commissions and bonuses, and more than $261,000 in Lottery proceeds went to education programs in the county.
SOURCE: Missouri Lottery
