Saturday’s Powerball drawing produced a $2 million and a $50,000 win in North Carolina.
The $2 million ticket was sold at the Quik Trip on Concord Parkway South in Concord.
The winning numbers were 9-17-34-59-64 for the white balls and 22 for the red Powerball. The North Carolina win of $2 million was the largest prize won nationally in Saturday’s drawing.
The ticket matched all five white balls drawn to win $1 million. Because the ticket had the Power Play feature, the prize doubled to $2 million when the 2X Multiplier was drawn. The ticket beat odds of 1 in 11.7 million.
The $50,000 ticket was sold at the Circle K on West Wendover Avenue in Greensboro.
That ticket matched four of the white balls and the red Powerball drawn, beating odds of 1 in 913,129.
Winners have 180 days from the drawing to claim their prize.
The jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing has reached $229 million, worth $134.3 million cash.
Draw games like Powerball make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $650 million dollars a year for education. For details on how lottery funds have made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.