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Updated · WHIO · Sep 13

Ohio Powerball Ticket Wins $100,000 as $232 Million Jackpot Rolls to $251 Million

Updated

Updated · WHIO · Sep 13

Ohio Powerball Ticket Wins $100,000 as $232 Million Jackpot Rolls to $251 Million

Q: Someone in Canal Winchester just turned a simple ticket into $100,000, but will they step forward to claim their newfound wealth?

It is not yet known whether the Canal Winchester winner will come forward publicly, but the ticket holder does have time to claim the $100,000 prize. The winning Powerball ticket was sold at Kumbha-Yah in Canal Winchester and matched four white balls, the Powerball, and included the 2x Power Play, boosting the prize to $100,000. The winning numbers for Saturday night’s drawing were 14, 16, 23, 58 and 69, with Powerball 3. What happens next depends on whether the player checks the ticket and files a claim with the Ohio Lottery. Ohio Lottery guidance in similar recent Powerball wins says winners generally have 180 days from the drawing date to claim prizes. That means the money is waiting, but it will not be paid automatically. There is also precedent for delay. Ohio Lottery notices about other recent Powerball prizes show that some six-figure and seven-figure tickets in the state have gone unclaimed for weeks after drawings, suggesting that not every winner realizes immediately that they have a valuable ticket. So the key unanswered question is not whether the ticket is valid — it is — but whether its owner knows what they are holding and acts before the claim deadline. If they do, a routine purchase in Canal Winchester will indeed become a $100,000 payout.

Q: While the $251 million jackpot remains unclaimed, what secret strategy helped an Ohio local secure a massive six-figure win?

There was no hidden personal method behind the win. The six-figure Ohio prize came from a straightforward Powerball play: the ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball, and the player had added the Power Play option, which doubled the standard $50,000 prize to $100,000. The ticket was sold at Kumbha-Yah in Canal Winchester. In Saturday night’s drawing, the winning numbers were 14, 16, 23, 58 and 69, with Powerball 3 and a 2x Power Play. Because no one hit the $232 million jackpot, the top prize rolled to an estimated $251 million for the next drawing. So the key “strategy” was simply paying the extra $1 for Power Play. That feature does not improve the odds of matching numbers, but it can significantly increase non-jackpot winnings, as it did in this case.

2 articles · Updated · WHIO · Sep 13

$100,000 went to a Powerball ticket sold at Kumbha-Yah in Canal Winchester, Ohio, after it matched four of five numbers, the Powerball and the 2x Power Play in Saturday's drawing.
The winning numbers were 14, 16, 23, 58 and 69, with Powerball 3.
No ticket hit the $232 million jackpot, pushing the estimated top prize for Monday, Sept. 14, to $251 million.