Brunswick County woman wins $100,000 Powerball prize

LELAND, NC (WWAY) -A big payday, just in time for the holidays.

Serena Perkins of Leland won $100,000 in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.

She beat the odds of  1 in 913,129.

According to a news release from the NC Education Lottery, Perkins claimed her prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she received $69,250.

She bought the $3 Power Play ticket at the Circle K on U.S. 17 in Hampstead.

The numbers matched four white balls and the Powerball to win $50,000. The prize doubled when the 2X multiplier was drawn for Power Play tickets.

The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing has reached $85 million with an estimated lump sum of $51.3 million.

Ticket sales from games like Powerball made it possible for the lottery to raise more than $634 million dollars for the state last year.