CLINTON, IL (Chambana Today) – A gas station in Clinton sold a $150,000 winning Powerball ticket.

The ticket was purchased at a Casey’s General Store at a town 40 miles west of Champaign to just over 7,000 residents. The winner matched four out of five numbers plus Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, winning  the $150,000 prize. The winning numbers were: 24-28-40-63-65 and the Powerball number was 20. A Powerball ticket is $2 and for an extra $1, the player ended up using the Power Play feature, which tripled their total prize.

Over 14,000 winning tickets were purchased by Illinois Lottery players for the Wednesday, March 5 Powerball drawing, netting players over $246,000 in prizes. The Casey’s in Clinton will also receive $1,500 as a one percent bonus for selling the winning ticket. This isn’t the Casey’s first winning ticket. In March 2023, someone purchased a $450,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket at the Casey’s in Clinton.