Hephzibah resident wins $2 million in Powerball drawing
HEPHZIBAH, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - One Hephzibah resident is $2 million richer, thanks to the Powerball.
No one matched all six numbers drawn to win the Powerball jackpot for Christmas – but the Hephzibah resident, who bought the winning ticket on the Georgia Lottery app, got close enough to become a millionaire twice over.
The Hephzibah resident chose the Power Play option, doubling the $1 million win to $2 million.
The Georgia Lottery didn’t release the winner’s name.
We went to Hephzibah to see what the locals thought about the big win.
“The first thing I would do is, I’d find some homeless people that really needed it, and I would donate some money to them,” said Richard Malin, who works at KJ’s in Hephzibah. “Then I would find me a church of my choice and donate it to them so they can build a bigger church.”
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Four other tickets won at least $1 million. They were sold in California, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Two other Georgia tickets – sold to a McDonough resident and at a Roswell store – won $50,000. Three South Carolina tickets – sold in Mauldin, Simpsonville and Florence – won $50,000.
With the jackpot climbing to $760 million, no one won the jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing.
The lottery’s next drawing will be Saturday at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time.
The last Powerball jackpot was won on Oct. 11 when a player in California took home $1.765 billion. Since then, there have been 32 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Powerball players can multiply prizes with the Power Play option for an additional $1 per play.
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