Powerball lottrey AGENT, New York, NY (2026)

05/24/2021

It was a Sunday morning, and Larry Baier had some big news for his wife when she woke up.

“I said, ‘We need to talk about something,’” he later said.

His news was indeed big; he had just discovered he’d won $2 million in the previous night’s Powerball drawing.

The Suffolk man matched the first five numbers in the March 20 drawing. Normally, that would win $1 million, but Mr. Baier spent an extra dollar for Power Play when he bought his ticket. That extra dollar doubled his prize to $2 million.

The winning numbers were 1-6-22-42-61, and the Powerball number was 4. He bought his ticket at the 7-Eleven at 1125 Wilroy Road in Suffolk. The store receives a $10,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery for selling the winning ticket.

Mr. Baier, who works as a shipyard electrician, said the win comes at a good time because he is preparing to retire.

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. The odds of winning Powerball’s $1 million prize are 1 in 11,688,054.

05/24/2021

CLIVE, Iowa - A northwest Iowa man bought a Powerball ticket at a time he normally wouldn't and ended up winning a $1 million prize.

"I usually wait until the jackpot's up really high, and then I'll buy a ticket," Shane Saxen of Correctionville said as he claimed his prize Monday at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive. "In this case, I just decided, 'Why not? I'll get one.'"

Saxen's ticket came within one number of having a least a share of Saturday's $80 million Powerball jackpot. He matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball to win a $1 million prize.

News that someone had won big in Correctionville spread quickly in the Woodbury County community of about 800.

"My sister heard that there was a $1 million prize and asked if I bought a ticket," Saxen said. "And I said, 'Yes,' so she goes, 'Well go get your ticket and I'll check your numbers.' And I checked my ticket and I had the winning numbers!

"At first I didn't believe her, and I said, 'No way,'" he recalled. "And then she's like, 'No, seriously. For real.' I just kind of paused for a second and my stomach dropped. And it was cool."

Saxen bought his easy-pick ticket at Brew, a convenience store and coffee shop at 404 11th St. in Correctionville. His big win came on Feb. 29, the Leap Year date that falls on a Saturday, one of the days when Powerball drawings occur, only about every 28 years.

Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were: 24-44-46-50-51 and Powerball 13. The Power Play® number was 3. No one matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, so the big prize climbs to an estimated $90 million annuity ($67.9 million lump-sum option) for Wednesday.

Brew will receive a $1,000 bonus from the Iowa Lottery for selling the $1 million-winning ticket at one of its stores.

Saxen, 31, who works as a campus security officer at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, said he plans to invest most of his winnings for retirement planning, and there likely will be a new set of wheels in his future.

"I'll probably trade in my vehicle now for a new vehicle," he said. "I'll be doing some thinking about what I want to do."

And he's glad that his sister sped up his timeline in checking his ticket.

"I would have probably heard about somebody winning it and then obviously I would have known I bought a ticket. I know I would have eventually checked mine," he said. "Everyone's talking about it!"

Players in $2 Powerball choose their first five numbers from a pool of 69, and another number - called the Powerball - from a separate pool of 26. The Power Play option is available for an extra $1 per play.

Since getting its start in April 1992 in 15 states with jackpots that started at a guaranteed $2 million, Powerball has grown into one of the world's biggest and most recognizable lottery games. Today Powerball is played by 47 lotteries across the country with drawings at 9:59 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.