Saturday’s Powerball draw raised a $ 1 million prize for anyone who bought a ticket at a convenience store in Wake County.
The lucky ticket nationwide won the highest prize at Saturday’s draw.
The winner purchased the ticket at Bayleaf Convenience & Deli on Six Forks Road in Raleigh and has 180 days to win their prizes.
The $ 2 ticket matches the numbers on all five white balls, 1-16-48-49-65. The chance that all five white balls match in a Powerball draw is 1 in 11.6 million.
No one won the Powerball jackpot on Saturday. The jackpot will climb to $ 42 million as an annuity or $ 31 million in cash for the draw on Wednesday. The chance of winning a Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million.
Players can purchase Powerball tickets via Online Play on the lottery website, www.nclottery.com, with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App, or at any lottery retail site.
Accordion games such as Powerball enable the lottery to raise more than $ 725 million a year for education.