A lucky lottery player has won $500,000 playing Powerball in Waupaca.
The winning ticket sold at Kwik Trip, 226 W. Fulton St., for Monday’s drawing matched four of the five numbers drawn – 6-18-33-48-53 – plus the Powerball – 21, according to the Wisconsin Lottery.
Normally that would result in a $50,000 prize, but because it included a $1 Power Play add-on option, the 10X multiplier significantly increased the prize.
According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, a 10x multiplier has been drawn for the Powerball game only 21 times since 2006.
The 10X multiplier is available for non-jackpot prizes when the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less. When the jackpot is $150 million or more, the highest possible multiplier for Power Play is 5X.
The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim their winnings.
The odds of winning a $50,000 Powerball prize are 1 in 913,130. For the $1 Power Play add-on option, the odds of drawing a 10X multiplier were 1 in 43.
This article originally appeared in Green Bay Press-Gazette: $500,000 Powerball ticket sold at Kwik Trip in Waupaca
