Health & Fitness
Manassas Man Claims $100K Powerball Prize
A Manassas area resident won a Powerball prize by matching five of the six numbers.
MANASSAS, VA — After the Feb. 28 Powerball drawing, Albert Stewart heard that someone in Virginia won a $100,000 prize.
"That could be me," he thought to himself.
He was right.
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The resident of Manassas in Prince William County scored the prize by matching four of the five numbers plus the Powerball number. Normally, that prize is $50,000. Stewart doubled the prize by spending an extra dollar for Power Play when buying the ticket.
"It feels outstanding! I couldn’t be happier!" Stewart told the Virginia Lottery.
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The winning ticket came from the 7-Eleven at 13639 Dumfries Road in Manassas. The winning numbers in the Feb. 28 drawing were 16-26-29-38-50, and the Powerball number was 6.
Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The current Powerball jackpot is up to $1.09 billion with a cash option of $527.3 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the chances of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 25.
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