Saturday’s Powerball drawing produced a $1 million win for someone who bought a ticket at a grocery store in Harnett County.
The lucky winner bought the ticket at the Food Lion on Buffalo Lake Road. The ticket matched all numbers on the five white balls, 2-29-41-45-62, in the drawing. The win beat odds of 1 in 11,688,054.
The winner has 180 days from the drawing to claim the prize.
The $1 million prize was one of two won in Saturday’s drawing nationally and a ticket sold in the U.S. Virgin Islands won $2 million. No one won Saturday’s jackpot. The jackpot will climb to $181 million as an annuity or $112.1 million cash for Wednesday’s drawing.
Draw games like Powerball make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $650 million 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.