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$1M winning Powerball ticket sold in Florida in Wednesday night’s drawing

By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff
By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — No one took home the jackpot in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, but one person in Florida woke up richer.

Florida Lottery’s website shows that one person matched five of the five numbers, but not the Powerball. Wednesday’s winning numbers were 31-43-58-59-66 and 9 as the Powerball.

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That ticket that matched five of five numbers is worth $1 million. It was sold at RaceTrac at 24224 US Highway 27 in Lake Wales, which is in Polk County.

One person matched four out of five numbers and the Powerball. That ticket is worth $50,000.

With no jackpot winner in Wednesday night’s drawing, Saturday night’s drawing will be for $700 million. You can see if your numbers match with the Powerball drawing live on CBS47 and FOX30 before Action News Jax at 11 p.m. Saturday.

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What do you do if you’re a winner?

How do you claim the winning tickets sold in Saturday’s drawing or any other winning ticket in Florida?

Florida Lottery says any prizes less than $600 can be claimed at any of its retailers; however, prizes over $600 must be claimed at the lottery headquarters or district offices or mailed for the payment.

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Winners of prizes more than $600 must fill out a winner claim form and have a valid government issued photo ID with a social security card.

Florida Lottery Draw game prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the applicable draw date. Draw game prizes for which a single-payment cash option is available must be claimed within the first 60 days after the applicable draw date to elect the cash option.

Florida Lottery Scratch-Off and Fast Play game prizes must be claimed within 60 days of the official end-of-game date.

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