RICHMOND, Va. — Someone in Herndon, Virginia won a $2 million Powerball prize from Saturday night's drawing after spending just $1 extra on the Power Play option.
The ticket was purchased online through the Virginia Lottery.
The winning numbers for the August 1 Powerball drawing were 6-17-27-48-50, with a Powerball number of 5.
The ticket matched the first 5 numbers but missed the Powerball number, which normally wins $1 million. The Power Play add-on doubled that prize to $2 million.
It was the only ticket in Virginia to match the first 5 numbers in Saturday's drawing and 1 of only 6 nationwide to do so. No ticket matched all 6 numbers to win the estimated $707 million jackpot.
The jackpot for tonight's August 3 Powerball drawing grows to an estimated $748 million. The odds of matching all 6 numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The overall odds of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 25.
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