Wednesday’s Powerball drawing produced a $1 million prize for someone who bought a ticket at a convenience store in Guilford County.
The lucky winner purchased the $2 ticket at the Circle K on North Main Street in Archdale and will take home the largest prize nationally from the drawing.
The ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls, 7-29-36-41-43, to win $1 million. The odds of matching numbers on all five white balls are 1 in 11.6 million.
The drawing also produced a $50,000 win in North Carolina for someone who bought a $2 ticket at the Mina Minimart on N.C. 39 South in Henderson.
The two winners have 180 days from the drawing to claim their prize.
Since no one won Wednesday’s jackpot, the jackpot climbs to $86 million as an annuity prize or $60.9 million cash for Saturday’s drawing. Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Players can buy Powerball tickets at any lottery retail location, through Online Play on the lottery’s website or by using the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
Ticket sales from draw games like Powerball make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $900 million a year for education. For details on how money raised by the lottery made a difference in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.