Willie Weaver from Fayetteville took a chance on a $3 Powerball ticket on Monday and won a $100,000 prize.
Weaver bought his lucky Power Play ticket from Refuel 151 on Cliffdale Road in Fayetteville. He matched the numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball to win $50,000 in Monday’s drawing. The prize doubled to $100,000 when the 2X Power Play multiplier hit. The odds of matching four white balls and the Powerball are 1 in 913,129.
Weaver claimed his prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $71,251.
Wednesday’s Powerball drawing offers a $57 million jackpot, or $30.1 million in cash. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Powerball is one of six lottery games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. The other games are Mega Millions, Lucky For Life, Pick 3, Pick 4, and Cash 5.
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