William Conley of Mount Holly says winning $150,000 in Saturday’s Powerball drawing means he can help support his children’s education dreams.
“I’m going to see how I can invest it and help my family out,” said Conley. He said he has five children who are at different stages of education from middle school to college.
Conley said he used his own numbers in the drawing, picking a set of six lower numbers because the winning numbers in previous drawings were on the high side. He found out his instinct paid off when he woke up Sunday morning.
“I saw the numbers and I thought some of them looked familiar,” Conley said. “I got my coffee and got my eyes cleaned out. I looked at it almost six times.”
His $3 Power Play ticket was one of three in North Carolina that matched four of the white balls and the Powerball in the drawing to win $50,000. Because he purchased the Power Play feature, the prize tripled to $150,000 when the 3X multiplier was drawn.
After the withholding of state and federal taxes, Conley took home $105,752.
Conley bought his ticket at the Circle A Food Store on North Main Street in Mount Holly. Lucky tickets sold in New York and Iowa won Saturday’s jackpot. Wednesday’s jackpot resets to $40 million as an annuity, or $23 million cash.
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