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A Virginia Beach man’s routine Powerball purchase turned into a $100,000 Christmas surprise, thanks to the extra dollar he spent on the Virginia Lottery’s Power Play® feature. That doubled his prize.
The winning ticket, purchased at the Gates Food Mart on U.S. 158, matched four white balls and the red Powerball in the Dec. 20 drawing. Familar would’ve won $50,000 but spent an extra $1 on the Power Play option, tripling her winnings.
The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Dec. 31, drawing are: 11, 18, 21, 24, 38 and the Powerball is 26. The "Power Play" multiplier is 10x.
A "last minute" decision to buy a Powerball ticket online paid off big for a Union County man, after he opted to add on the multiplier, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. That meant Stanley Thompson's $50,000 prize turned into a $150,000, lottery officials said in a news release.
Over the years, Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots crossed the elusive billion-dollar mark a whopping 14 times. Only once did it surpass $2 billion.