$2 million Powerball ticket sold in Florida. Where did the lucky winner buy it?
A Florida lottery player is set to get a big windfall after scoring $2 million in the Powerball game.
The lucky person won big after buying a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the March 18 drawing. Since the person paid an extra dollar for the Power Play option, the prize doubled from $1 million to $2 million, according to Powerball drawing results and game rules.
The winning numbers were: white balls 10-17-20-39-44, with Powerball number 16.
The $2 million ticket — which matched all five white balls picked in the drawing — was sold at the Stop & Save Food Store in Tampa, the Florida Lottery told McClatchy News in a March 19 email.
The Florida ticket holder just missed the larger jackpot prize, an estimated $656 million at the time of the drawing. But the person still beat 1-in-11.6 million odds to score $2 million, the largest prize won in the country that night, according to the Powerball website.
The Florida Lottery didn’t immediately share whether the winner cashed in on the $2 million prize. If the prize is still unclaimed, the winner has about six months to come forward.
What to know about Powerball
To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This story was originally published March 19, 2024 at 7:52 AM with the headline "$2 million Powerball ticket sold in Florida. Where did the lucky winner buy it?."
