Lottery fever is on the rise again as Powerball players from Tennessee and Florida hit it big with $100,000 wins, as reported by local news outlets. A winning Powerball ticket sold in Tennessee for Saturday's drawing turned out to be worth a cool $100,000, according to a statement from the Tennessee Lottery obtained by FOX17. This ticket matched four of the five white balls plus the Powerball, and the winner had wisely chosen the Power Play option, which doubled their prize in the October 11 drawing.
Meanwhile, in the Sunshine State, a Powerball player also struck a $100,000 prize, causing quite the stir in the small community of Gibsonton, near Tampa, according to ZoomBangla iNews. The lucky ticket was sold at the Big Bend Fuel, where presumably, the buyer got more than just their usual gas up. While fortune smiled broadly on these winners, no one matched all six numbers to snag the $244 million jackpot, which is now expected to swell to an estimated $258 million for the next Monday's draw, as per official Powerball sources.
Convenience seems to be a winning strategy for Tennesseans, who for this recent drawing, opted to purchase Powerball tickets online through the Anytime Lottery, which is part of the Tennessee Lottery’s offerings, as described by Williamson Source. The convenience of buying tickets through a mobile app coupled with the ability to check numbers and jackpots on-the-go might just be the modern-day equivalent of a rabbit's foot for lottery players.
