North Texas Powerball player wins $150K as jackpot prize soars to $1.3 billion
A $150,000 winning Powerball ticket from the Monday, Sept. 1, drawing was sold at a store in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the Texas Lottery Commission said.
The winning ticket was purchased at Murphy USA 7662, located at 1832 S. Main St. in Weatherford, a Texas Lottery spokesperson said.
This ticket was one of nine Powerball tickets sold in Texas that matched four of the five white ball numbers — 8, 23, 25, 40, 53 — and the Powerball number 5 in Monday’s drawing, just missing the $1.1 billion jackpot.
The lucky Weatherford player, who remains anonymous, won the $150,000 prize because they chose the Power Play option with a multiplier of 3. Eight other Texas players won $50,000 each.
Powerball jackpot rises to $1.3 billion Wednesday
No one won the jackpot, which rises to an estimated $1.3 billion in the drawing to be held Wednesday, Sept. 3.
A player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball number to score a grand prize in the Powerball game. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:59 p.m. CT and can be streamed online.
A trust based in Granbury claimed a $1 million prize-winning Powerball ticket that was sold in Fort Worth last month, according to the lottery commission.