South Carolina Man Buys $1 Million Powerball Ticket In Florida

TAMPA, Florida – The Florida Lottery announced that Floyd Horner, Jr., of Tega Cay, South Carolina, claimed a $1 million prize from the POWERBALL drawing held on February 1, 2023, at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office. 

The winning POWERBALL ticket matched all five white ball numbers but did not match the Power Ball number.

Horner purchased his $1 million-winning POWERBALL ticket from a RaceTrac gas station located at 24224 US Highway 27 in Lake Wales. 

The retailer received a $1,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket. 

How To Play POWERBALL

Powerball tickets cost $2 per each and is played in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.

Select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls. Then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.

To multiply your non-jackpot prizes, select the Power Play box. Power Play costs $1 more per play.

With Power Play, players can win $2 million for matching the five white balls or multiply his/her other non-jackpot prizes two to five times when the advertised jackpot is over $150 million, and up to 10 times when the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less.

Drawings are held Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.

Tickets can be purchased until 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the night of the drawing.

POWERBALL Odds and Payout

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

All Powerball prizes are set payouts, except the jackpot. The jackpot prize will be shared among winners in all Powerball states.

The jackpot will be paid in 30 annual payments or a one-time cash payment of a reduced amount. If there is no jackpot winner, the money in the jackpot pool rolls over to the next Powerball drawing.