Vadnais Heights woke up Thursday to lottery buzz after a Powerball player matched the first five white balls and turned a ticket into a $1 million prize. The winning ticket was sold at a Kwik Trip in town, giving one local shopper a genuinely life‑changing windfall. The bigger jackpot that night was claimed elsewhere, but the sale still nudged the North Metro convenience store squarely into the spotlight.
According to WJON, the Minnesota State Lottery confirmed the $1,000,000 Powerball win and said the ticket was purchased at the Vadnais Heights Kwik Trip. WJON also reports that the drawing produced two jackpot winners overall and that the grand prize will reset to an estimated $20 million for the next drawing on Saturday, May 2. It is the kind of big‑money twist that proves ordinary errands can come with extraordinary outcomes.
Where the jackpot landed
The grand prize was split between two tickets sold in Indiana and Kansas, with an estimated $143 million to be shared, according to the Wisconsin Lottery. The official draw produced the numbers 3, 19, 35, 51 and 67 with Powerball 15, per the Texas Lottery. Texas Lottery results also note there were no jackpot winners in Texas for the April 29 drawing.
How to claim a prize
If the Vadnais Heights ticket‑holder steps forward, Minnesota Lottery rules say prizes above $50,000 must be claimed at the Lottery's Roseville headquarters, while smaller prizes can be claimed at regional offices or by mail, according to the Minnesota Lottery. The Lottery also notes that winners' names and cities are private data for prizes above $10,000 unless a winner chooses to opt in to publicity, and standard federal and state withholdings apply to large prizes.
