Playing the lottery is always a gamble, but sometimes your luck can pay off with a nice prize. Prizes can range anywhere from enough money to cover dinner and a movie to an amount that can change the rest of your life. While the latter is harder to come by, plenty of players still manage to win a life-changing sum. If you recently purchased a lottery ticket in Michigan, you may want to check your numbers now as one lucky winner matched enough numbers in Wednesday's (August 20) Powerball drawing to win a $1 million prize.
A lucky Powerball ticket sold in Michigan was one of two tickets in the country that won $1 million during Wednesday night's drawing after matching five of the numbers called, according to the Powerball website. The other winning ticket was sold in Oklahoma. Additionally, a ticket sold in Tennessee scored a $2 million prize.
If you think you may have purchased the ticket, now's the time to check to see if you won. These are the lucky numbers that helped the to-be-determined winner score their huge prize:
Numbers: 31 - 59 - 62 - 65 - 68
Powerball: 5
Power Play: 2x
Because no players managed to match all six numbers during Wednesday's drawing, the jackpot has risen to an estimated $700 million ahead of the drawing on Saturday (August 23).