Sydney Davis of Hurdle Mills decided to give Powerball a try for the first time on Wednesday so she bought a $3 ticket and it paid off with a $150,000 prize.
“Something like this just doesn’t happen,” Davis said.
Davis got her lucky Quick Pick ticket from the Country Store on Hurdle Mills Road in Hurdle Mills. She matched the numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball to win $50,000. Because she bought a Power Play ticket, her prize tripled to $150,000 when the 3X multiplier hit.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she recalled. “I had never even done that before.”
Davis checked the numbers with her family to make sure she got it right.
“We all hardly slept that night after that,” Davis laughed.
She arrived at lottery headquarters on Friday to claim her winnings and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $107,626.
She plans to put her winnings in savings.
Saturday’s Powerball jackpot stands at an $89 million annuity or $39.6 million in cash. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Powerball is one of six draw 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 the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
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