Saturday’s Powerball draw netted a $ 1 million prize for someone who bought a ticket at a convenience store in Wake County.
The lucky ticket won the highest national prize in Saturday’s draw.
The winner bought the ticket at Bayleaf Convenience & Deli on Six Forks Road in Raleigh and has 180 days from the drawing to claim their prizes.
The $ 2 ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls, 1-16-48-49-65. The odds of matching all five white balls in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 11.6 million.
No one has won Saturday’s Powerball jackpot. The jackpot will go up to $ 42 million as an annuity or $ 31 million in cash for Wednesday’s drawing. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Players can purchase Powerball lottery tickets through Online Play at the lottery website, www.nclottery.com, with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App, or at any lottery retailer.
Drawing games like Powerball allow the lottery to raise more than $ 725 million per year for education.