St. Louis man wins Powerball jackpot worth $100,000
A St. Louis man is extremely happy as he won Powerball lottery ticket worth $100,000 in February 4th drawing.
The winning ticket was sold at the QuikTrip in the 2600 block of Chouteau near Lafayette Park. The ticket distributor will get a bonus of $1,000 for selling the winning scratch-Off ticket.
The winning numbers for the Saturday, Feb. 4 drawing are 2, 8, 15, 19, 58. The Powerball was 10. The winner matched four of the five white-ball numbers and the Powerball.
He initially won $50,000 prize, but the amount got doubled because he included the Power Play option on the ticket.
The numbers are actually a combo of special days, the man tells Missouri Lottery workers.
He plans to save the winning amount and buy more lottery tickets with the rest.
The odds of winning $50,000 are around one in 913,129. The overall chances of winning anything, including another $2 ticket, are around one in 25.
Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:59 p.m.
