Lucky buyer in Florida wins a $1 million Powerball ticket
A Powerball ticket sold in Florida has won the buyer $1 million.
This winning ticket wasn’t the only one sold in Oakland Park on Wednesday; another ticket from the Fantasy Five game sold at a Chevron station is worth $47,331.18.
While no one won the $31 million Powerball jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing, the estimated jackpot for the next drawing on Saturday is $45 million, with a cash value of $22.9 million.
The winning Powerball ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket on East Commercial Boulevard in Oakland Park, located north of Fort Lauderdale. The ticket was a quick pick ticket and correctly matched five out of five of the white numbers, missing only the Powerball number.
For those curious about Powerball jackpots, here are the top ten largest Powerball jackpots as of February 2, 2023:
- $590.5 million – May 18, 2013 – Florida
- $632.6 million – Jan. 5, 2022 – California and Wisconsin
- $687.8 million – Oct. 27, 2018 – Iowa and New York
- $699.8 million – Oct. 4, 2021 – California
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 – Maryland
- (estimated) $747 million – Feb. 6, 2023? TBD
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 – Massachusetts
- $768.4 million – Mar. 27, 2019 – Wisconsin
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – California, Florida, and Tennessee
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – California
