DUBLIN, Va. (WFXR) — Virginia Lottery is searching for its new Powerball millionaire from its drawing on March 4.
Hitting all six numbers, Virginia Lottery says the ticket is worth an estimated $161 million and was purchased at Gill Brothers on Cleburne Blvd in Dublin.
The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing were 10, 16, 18, 40, and 66. The Powerball number was 16.
This is the fourth-largest prize ever won in a Virginia Lottery game and the second time the Powerball Jackpot has been won in the Commonwealth. The odds of matching all six numbers are one in 292.2 million. The odds of hitting the Powerball prize are one in 25.
Whoever has the ticket has 180 days from the drawing to claim the prize. That person or persons will have a choice to either take the full jackpot amount, before taxes, in annual payments over 30 years or take a one-time cash option of an estimated $81.9 million before taxes.
For more information on Powerball, visit the Virginia Lottery website.
