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April 21, 2008 $2 Million winner With Power Played Powerball Ticket Clifton Jones of Whiteville bought one Powerball ticket Powerball drawing. He spent $1 extra for the Power Play option to have the chance to multiply his non-jackpot winnings by the Power Play number, which is selected prior to every drawing. That decision paid off to the tune of $2 million! Jones’ ticket matched all five white balls. Normal payout for this combination is $200K, but the Power Play wheel landed on 10 that night, increasing his winnings to $2 million. The 10 is on the Powerball Power Play wheel. Jones, a retired educator, bought his lucky Powerball ticket at the Minuteman Food Mart on North J.K.Powell Boulevard in Whiteville.
Keith Chnupa's birthday turned out to be his lucky day. On March 15, the Hillsborough man bought a NC Powerball lotto ticket for that night's drawing at the Kangaroo Express in Hillsborough. His ticket matched all five white balls. Chnupa had opted for Power Play on his ticket for just an extra $1. The Power Play multiplier for the March 15 Powerball drawing was 2, which increased his $200,000 prize to $400,000. Chnupa says he didn't even know he had won until he was cleaning his car three days later and ran across the ticket. He checked the numbers on the lottery Web site and found out he had gotten a $400,000 birthday present!
Durham,NC., A Durham man who won $1,000,000 in the Powerball drawing recently doesn't have specific plans for the Powerball jackpot, other than to maybe buy a new couch. Larry Basden, 61, bought his ticket around dinner time right before the drawing at Bilboa Food Mart on Angier Avenue. He plays Powerball a couple of times a week, spending $5 or $10 each time. When filling out his slip for that Wednesday night's drawing of February 27, Basden played random numbers. "Just what came to me on the top of my head," he said. "I ain't got no system." The numbers were so random that Basden, who is retired from the City of Durham's water department, couldn't recall them the next afternoon. For the record, Basden matched the five white balls, and missed only the red Powerball. That kind of luck generally nets the winner $200,000. But Basden took advantage of the game's "Power Play" feature. When the power-play multiplier came in at 5, it quintupled his prize to $1 million. Basden watched the drawing live on TV, writing down the numbers as they were announced. When he realized he had a winner, he called for his wife, Rosalyn. "My mouth just fell open. I said, 'hey, you better come in and look at these.'" Basden said he planned to invest the money. When asked about perhaps taking a vacation or buying new appliances, the brand-new millionaire said he might buy a couch.
RALEIGH,NC. Three big winners from the Feb. 15, Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 Carolina Cash 5 drawings redeemed their tickets this week, totaling $194,743 in cash prizes. The winning tickets matched all five numbers to win the top prize. The top prize for tonight’s drawing is worth an estimated $110,000. No one won the Powerball jackpot, so the jackpot for the Saturday, Feb. 23, drawing is worth an estimated $115 million! One ticket bought in Charlotte for last night’s drawing matched four out of five white balls plus the Powerball, for a prize of $10,000. A total of 46,776 Powerball players won prizes in the Wednesday drawing, ranging from $10,000 down to $3 for a total payout in prizes worth $369,281. The NCEL has paid out over $4.86 million total in instant scratch-off ticket prizes since Monday, Feb. 18. Also since Monday, “Carolina Cash 5” players have won nearly $134,000 and “Carolina Pick 3” players have won nearly $446,000 in prizes. Winner in the Feb. 17 Carolina Cash 5 drawing: Winner Hometown Amount Won Store Where Ticket Was Purchased at Dale Sing Roper $72,645 WILCO 1888 630 U.S. Hwy. 64 E, Plymouth
Bobbie Brooke Williamson of Ocean Isle Beach started jumping up and down, screaming, crying and laughing when she realized she had won $200,000 playing Powerball. Her parents said they thought something was wrong, but joined in her celebration once they figured out why she was so excited. Williamson said she has no idea yet how she will spend her winnings, but said it will likely be useful on an already planned trip. She said she may hang her giant ceremonial check in her family restaurant in Ocean Isle Beach where she works.
Friends Choose Lucky Ticket for Gastonia Man- RALEIGH- Connie Johnson of Charlotte said she had never before purchased a Powerball lottery ticket, but her first time playing she got a big payoff. Johnson won $200,000 after letting the computer pick her numbers for the Jan. 16 Powerball drawing. Her numbers matched the five white balls, but not the Powerball.
Johnson told North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) officials that she was in shock upon learning that she had won. She bought the ticket at the Quik Shoppe on Brookshire Boulevard in Charlotte. She said her winnings will help her buy a new home. A first-time Carolina Cash 5 player claimed her prize of $194,592 Friday. Some friends of Michael Hovis were headed to a local store in Gastonia and asked if he wanted anything. He said, Yea, get me some lottery tickets. When the friends found out that one of the tickets they purchased for Hovis was worth $150,000, the friends jokingly said they had given him the wrong ticket. They bought the $150,000 Anniversary Cash ticket at Kingsway #2 on Union Road in Gastonia. Hovis said he would save some, maybe take a trip and give some money to his two grown children.
A Lumberton woman says her heart started really pumping when she checked the NCEL Web site and saw that she matched the five white balls on the Jan. 12 Powerball drawing, which meant she won a $200,000 prize. Shreen Thadani let the computer pick her numbers when she bought the ticket at Tanglewood Liberty on North Roberts Avenue in Lumberton. She said today the she is not sure yet what she will do with her winnings. Five tickets worth $10,000 to $20,000 each were sold in Graham, Lumberton, Kannapolis, Asheville and Greensboro for last night’s Powerball drawing. Matching four white balls and the Powerball normally is worth $10,000, but since two of the tickets were Power Played and the multiplier for the drawing was a two, those prizes were doubled. A total of 35,347 players won prizes in the Wednesday drawing ranging from $20,000 down to $3 for a total payout in prizes worth $272,249. No one won the jackpot so the jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is worth an estimated $43 million.
RALEIGH- North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) players won over $1.2 million in prizes on Powerball for last night’s drawing. Three tickets matched the five white balls to win $200,000. Two of those tickets were purchased in Mecklenburg County and one was purchased in Ashe County. There have been a total of seven tickets worth $200,000 sold in North Carolina for the last four consecutive Powerball drawings!
Three additional tickets for last night’s drawing matched four white balls and the Powerball, which normally pays $10,000. One of those players chose to Power Play so their prize is worth $50,000. The Power Play multiplier for the drawing was five. The winning $50,000 ticket was purchased in Lenoir. The two winning $10,000 tickets were bought in Cornelius and Conover.