Danny Johnson a Hampton citizen wins $150K in Powerball drawing. His friend kept pushing him to buy a ticket.

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Johnson, who is retired, said he has no immediate plans for his winnings.

Danny Johnson may have a surprise in store for the friend who recently hounded him into buying his Powerball ticket. That’s because Johnson’s ticket won him $150,000 in the Nov. 5 drawing.

Previously, he had told people they were wasting their time playing lottery games, though he might not be saying that now.

With the Powerball jackpot growing to record-highs, his friend kept pushing him to buy a ticket. So to make his friend stop asking, Johnson bought a ticket.

The winning numbers in the drawing were 28-45-53-56-69 and the Powerball number was 20. Johnson’s ticket matched four of the first five winning numbers, plus the Powerball number.

Under normal circumstances, that would make the ticket worth $50,000. However, because Johnson spent an extra $1 for Power Play when he bought the ticket, it tripled the prize to $150,000.