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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Florida lottery ticket wins $182.1M Powerball jackpot Powerball: Florida lottery ticket wins $182.1M Powerball jackpotBy Todd Northrop The winning lottery ticket for Saturday's $182.1 million Powerball jackpot was sold in a Publix store in Kissimmee, Florida, located on a road with a very fitting name. It's at 2340 Fortune Road and someone who bought a Powerball ticket for Saturday night's drawing at that store has won a fortune. The Quick Pick ticket won the $182.1 million jackpot. If the winner wants to take a one-time cash payment, it is $91.2 million. In addition to the big winner, another six lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 2 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from North Carolina, and 1 from Pennsylvania. One of the second-prize tickets, from North Carolina, was purchased with the Power Play option, which has multiplied the ticket-holder's prize to a sizable $1 million. 82 tickets matched four white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Of those tickets, 12 also were purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the prize by 5 for a total cash prize of $50,000. The Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, February 26, were 4, 13, 17, 21, and 45, with Powerball number 10. The Power Play number was 5. A total of 1,429,767 tickets across the USA won $195,496,247 in prizes playing "America's Game" Saturday night. 214,515 of those winning tickets were purchased with the Power Play option, which multiplied the prize by 5 Saturday. When a Powerball ticket is purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1 per ticket, any non-jackpot prize is multiplied from 2-5 times, depending on a computerized random number generated that evening. Second-place Power Play-enabled tickets matching five numbers but not the Powerball are always multiplied by 5 times, for a $1 million prize. Powerball is now played in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Powerball winning numbers are published right after every drawing at USA Mega (www.usamega.com). Wednesday night's jackpot will be $20 million. Lottery Post Staff We'd love to see your comments here! Register for a FREE membership — it takes just a few moments — and you'll be able to post comments here and on any of our forums. If you're already a member, you can Log In to post a comment. 28 comments. Last comment 2 years ago by . Gurnee, Illinois United States Member #50189 February 12, 2007 711 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 7:45 am - IP Logged | |
The winning lottery ticket for Saturday's $182.1 million Powerball jackpot was sold in a Publix store in Kissimmee, Florida, located on a road with a very fitting name. It's at 2340 Fortune Road and someone who bought a Powerball ticket for Saturday night's drawing at that store has won a fortune. The Quick Pick ticket won the $182.1 million jackpot. If the winner wants to take a one-time cash payment, it is $91.2 million. It looks like I need to find me a "lucky" store on an appropriately named street to buy my quick pick for the Mega Millions! Congrats to the winner...I was hoping it would have been me, but since that is not the case, I hope the winner is a young American (but chances of that are slim since there are so many elderly and immigrant people in Florida...and before someone knocks me for being ageist and racist, my father is knocking on 80 and hails from Jamaica and my mother-in-law is 60 something and hails from Haiti). "Got me a ticket for Mega Millions Tuesday...gonna hope that my 6 numbers will hit..............oh store clerk pick me a quick pick winner!" (Adaptation from Weird Al Yankovich's "Vanna Pick Me a Letter" hit song) Get MONEY!!! Winning a JACKPOT lottery is all the HOPE and CHANGE I desire!!! NOW give me MONEY! | | |
Oklahoma United States Member #82920 November 12, 2009 3623 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 8:08 am - IP Logged | |
Congrats to the winner..... I hear you OldSchoolPa...I need to find a store/street too | | |
Housekeeper MICHIGAN United States Member #82269 October 28, 2009 13300 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 8:32 am - IP Logged | |
Congrats to the winners, enjoy. | | |
United Kingdom Member #71054 February 5, 2009 119 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 9:07 am - IP Logged | |
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PA United States Member #66644 October 16, 2008 1285 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 9:30 am - IP Logged | |
Nice Win ! 
and now for the first MegaMillions jackpot winner in PA ! | | |
Pocatello, Idaho United States Member #105650 February 3, 2011 59 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 9:31 am - IP Logged | |
does anyone know where the official Powerball drawings take place?
Out of all the 44 United States jurisdictions where Powerball is played, the winning ticket is bought at a store about 15 minutes from where the drawings are held, very interesting. | | |
Texas United States Member #56363 October 23, 2007 2463 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 10:21 am - IP Logged | |
does anyone know where the official Powerball drawings take place?
Out of all the 44 United States jurisdictions where Powerball is played, the winning ticket is bought at a store about 15 minutes from where the drawings are held, very interesting. Should there never be a winning ticket sold near where the drawing is held? For any lottery? Should the lotteries not sell tickets at all within say 30 miles of where the drawing takes place? Much ado over nothing. CAN'T WIN IF YOU'RE NOT IN A DOLLAR AND A DREAM (OR $2)
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Pocatello, Idaho United States Member #105650 February 3, 2011 59 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 11:19 am - IP Logged | |
Should there never be a winning ticket sold near where the drawing is held? For any lottery? Should the lotteries not sell tickets at all within say 30 miles of where the drawing takes place? Much ado over nothing. yes, of course, ticket sales should be band within a 30 mile radius of where the drawing takes place, that is exactly what I was advocating. You summed up my position so well. From what I wrote, I don't know how anyone could come up with any other conclusion. | | |
PA United States Member #66644 October 16, 2008 1285 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 11:30 am - IP Logged | |
yes, of course, ticket sales should be band within a 30 mile radius of where the drawing takes place, that is exactly what I was advocating. You summed up my position so well. From what I wrote, I don't know how anyone could come up with any other conclusion. Not so sure that there is any logic in this post .............. 31 miles would ensure what ? Yikes .................... a conspiracy !  ROTFLOL'ing | | |
Massachusetts United States Member #37842 April 14, 2006 1011 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 2:00 pm - IP Logged | |
A Quick Pick ticket. I think thats the best way to play. A bunch of quick picks unless you're playing a game that has not so high odds such as pick 3 or pick 4 or cash 5. I'm going to play 9 lines to tomorrows megamillions. Wish me luck :) | | |
Texas United States Member #92358 June 5, 2010 651 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 4:08 pm - IP Logged | |
yes, of course, ticket sales should be band within a 30 mile radius of where the drawing takes place, that is exactly what I was advocating. You summed up my position so well. From what I wrote, I don't know how anyone could come up with any other conclusion. Why exactly do you think sells of lottery tickets should be banned if they're within a certain distance from the drawing? What makes 40 okay and 30 not? Or even 35? To me a ticket sold 20 yards from the drawing location is just as valid as a ticket sold 1,000 miles away, do you have any proof that I shouldn't be thinking that? | | |
Pocatello, Idaho United States Member #105650 February 3, 2011 59 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 4:21 pm - IP Logged | |
Why exactly do you think sells of lottery tickets should be banned if they're within a certain distance from the drawing? What makes 40 okay and 30 not? Or even 35? To me a ticket sold 20 yards from the drawing location is just as valid as a ticket sold 1,000 miles away, do you have any proof that I shouldn't be thinking that? it's called "sarcasm" look it up and read my post again. | | |
Zeta Reticuli Star System United States Member #30849 January 17, 2006 8066 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 4:55 pm - IP Logged | |
"Oh boo hoo, it wasn't me" sure comes in a lot of disguises. Congrats to the winner. Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. One thing all the Law of Attraction books have done is help to sell a lot of lottery tickets! | | |
Albuquerque, New Mexico United States Member #5219 June 18, 2004 377 Posts Offline | | Posted: February 28, 2011, 5:00 pm - IP Logged | |
Congratulations to the winner of any age: younger or older. Of course, I am hoping the winner is in dire, financial straits, i.g., financial foreclosure, credit card debt, car payment, bank loan, or college tuition. Anyway, Florida usually has substantial lottery winners -- compared to some other states. So, I wasn't too shocked that the winner hailed from Florida. Pennsylvania is a good second runner up; a great deal of winners come out of that state, too. Lottery post players, don't give up hope; keep on keeping on because the minute you forget to play -- that's when your lottery ship comes to port. Will you be there to meet it and get on board!  -- Bye, bye! When you win, may you glow as brightly as the
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