Virginia man wins Powerball with 2 tickets in identical drawing, totaling $150K

Successful the lottery generally is a once-in-a-lifetime expertise, aside from one Virginia man who received lots of of 1000’s of {dollars} within the Powerball twice in the identical drawing this month.

Ben Baker, of Covington, purchased a complete of 10 tickets for the March 4 Powerball drawing at his native Meals Lion grocery retailer, in line with the Virginia Lottery.

Baker managed to match 4 of the profitable numbers plus the Powerball number on two of his tickets for what usually would have been a $50,000 prize for every profitable ticket.

The profitable numbers in that drawing had been 10-16-18-40-66, and the Powerball quantity was 16, in line with a press launch issued by the Virginia Lottery on Friday.

Nevertheless, Baker had just a little extra luck on his facet.

Baker spent an additional greenback on every ticket for the Energy Play, which tripled the winning prizes to $150,000 every, the lottery mentioned.

From the 2 profitable tickets, Baker received a complete of $300,000.

Baker put it merely: “I used to be actually fortunate!” 

He informed the lottery that he intends to make use of a few of his winnings to improve his home and save the remainder. 

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

The percentages of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, in line with the lottery. The general odds of profitable any Powerball prize are 1 in 25. 

Earlier this month, a Michigan woman nearly missed out on profitable a $1 million Powerball prize.

Ana Elizalde, 51, of Lansing, purchased the ticket in February and gave it to her husband for safekeeping, she informed the Michigan Lottery.

“Every week after the drawing my husband discovered the ticket in his coat pocket and realized we had by no means checked it,” Elizalde mentioned. “We went to the shop to scan it and received a message to file a declare. Once we checked the numbers on-line and realized we’d received $1 million.”

Elizalde informed the lottery board she plans to make use of her Powerball Prize to pay payments, her kids’s schooling and financial savings.