28 September 2023
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Kansas Lottery says one lucky Kansan has become a millionaire overnight after a ticket with a $1 million value was sold in the Sunflower State.
A ticket for the Sept. 27 Powerball drawing was sold in north central Kansas, according to the Kansas Lottery. The winning numbers were 1-7-46-47-63 with a Powerball of 7. The winning ticket matched each number with the exception of the Powerball, giving it a value of $1 million.
The winner has until Sept. 27, 2024, to claim the cash, according to the Kansas Lottery. The ticket was sold to someone in the following counties:
Smith
Jewell
Republic
Washington
Osborne
Mitchell
Cloud
Clay
Russell
Lincoln
Ottawa
Ellsworth
Saline
Dickinson
The next Powerball drawing will be on Saturday, Sept. 30, for an estimated $925 million, according to the Kansas Lottery. This will be the third-largest Powerball jackpot and the ninth-largest US Lottery jackpot of all time.
The last Powerball jackpot reached more than $1 billion in the summer of 2023. The winner of the prize, which ultimately reached an estimated $1.602 billion, recently stepped forward to claim the money in Florida.
Earlier this year, several Kansans won big prizes through the lottery. A Kansan from Johnson County who drew a winning $92 million jackpot ticket in 2022 claimed the winnings in January, 2023.
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