$30,000 Powerball Power Play Prize for Grand Island Man
Thatsaphone Saysavanh of Grand Island recently won $30,000 playing Powerball Power Play from the Nebraska Lottery.
There were more than 16,000 Nebraska Lottery winners in the Saturday, November 8, drawings. Among these winners was Saysavanh, who purchased his winning ticket at Pump & Pantry, 704 West 2nd Street in Grand Island. The five-play ticket contained one play with four of the five winning white ball numbers (9, 19, 33, 38, 54) and the Powerball number (15) from the November 8 drawing for $10,000.
Because Saysavanh added the $1 Power Play option to his ticket, his prize was multiplied by the 3X Power Play multiplier for a total of $30,000.
While claiming his prize on November 12, Saysavanh told Nebraska Lottery officials that he learned he had won after checking his ticket at Pump & Pantry. “The machine said ‘Take to claim center,’ and I couldn’t believe it,” said Saysavanh. “Then I checked my numbers on the website and I was only one number away from winning it all.” Saysavanh’s ticket had a 36 instead of the winning number 38, which would have won him the multi-million-dollar jackpot. He plans to pay bills using his winnings.
Four hundred and sixty-five Nebraska Lottery players have won the $10,000 Powerball prize to date. The odds of winning $10,000 playing Powerball are 1 in 648,976. Adding the $1 Power Play option, which does not affect the odds of winning, gives players the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes two, three, four or five times. The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 31.8.
Published on 11/21/2014