Robert Farah of Raleigh watched his $2 ticket win him a $1 million prize in Saturday’s Powerball drawing.

Farah bought his winning Quick Pick ticket at Bayleaf Convenience & Deli on Six Forks Road in Raleigh.

His lucky $2 ticket won the highest prize nationally in Saturday’s drawing and matched the numbers on all five white balls to beat odds of 1 in 11.6 million.

Farah claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $707,501 after required federal and state tax withholdings.

No one won Saturday’s Powerball jackpot. The jackpot will climb to $42 million as an annuity or $31 million cash for Wednesday’s drawing. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.

Players can buy Powerball tickets through Online Play on the lottery’s website, www.nclottery.com, with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App, or at any lottery retail location.

Draw games such as Powerball make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million a year for education. For details on how $62.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Wake County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.