WYTHEVILLE, Va. – One Wytheville man had luck on his side when he bought a Powerball ticket for the Sept. 6 drawing.
Lottery officials say retired marine William Malashevich bought the ticket at the Go Mart at 950 East Main Street in Wytheville.
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“I hit all of them but one!” he told Lottery officials.
We’re told Malashevich matched four winning numbers plus the Powerball number, which would normally win $50,000. However, Malashevich spent an extra dollar for Power Play when he bought the ticket, tripling his prize to $150,000.
“I’m numb!” he told Lottery officials.
In that drawing, the winning numbers were 9-14-20-23-63, and the Powerball number was 1. We’re told Malaschevich used Easy Pick and allowed the computer to randomly select the numbers on his ticket.
Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
According to the Virginia Lottery, the odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, and the overall odds of winning any Powerball prize is 1 in 25.