Powerball jackpot grows to $1 billion ahead of tonight’s drawing
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — In Brunswick County, people lined up for their chance to win the fifth largest jackpot in US history.
Monday’s Powerball jackpot is for a huge $1B after no one matched the six numbers in Saturday’s drawing.
Four states saw winners matching five white balls to win $1 million on Saturday, none were from North Carolina.
The high jackpot remains the fifth-largest in US history behind another Powerball prize and three Mega Millions jackpots. The biggest prize was in 2016 when more than $1.5B was split among three winners.
According to area store clerks, the excitement was in the air with some lottery players more optimistic than others.
Dorothy J. said she never gets lucky but never lets bad luck deter her from playing.
“I never win but I always try, when it’s this big you gotta try,” she said.
Valerie Lewis stopped at a Leland gas station and is part of a pool, if one of the tickets is a winner, the prize will be split three ways.
“Forty dollars worth of tickets, this is the winning, somewhere in here,” said Lewis.
Alice Bullard will have no problem spending the money, not only on herself but also on her loved ones.
“Well the first thing I’m going to do is pay off my mortgage, then I am going to take a long vacation, and then I am going to help my family,” she said.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
