Well, the numbers are in, and it looks like there was no big Powerball jackpot winner this weekend. That mean the numbers are on the rise again. Check the lotto amount preview below for the new totals.
Well the Mega Millions totals might be disappointingly low, but the Powerball jackpot is on the rise. No one claimed Saturday night's $60 million prize, shooting the totals for Wednesday's drawing to $70 million. The estimated cash value option for the drawing is $38.6 mil.
$70 million is life changing money, just ask Kevin Carlson. Carlson recently won that amount on Christmas day. The official Powerball website tells his story:
“A Kansas City couple undoubtedly had their best Christmas ever after finding out they won the $71.5 million Powerball jackpot, the sixth-largest Lottery prize ever sold in Missouri. Kevin Carlson, 49, and his wife claimed the prize at the Lottery's Jefferson City headquarters on Dec. 26. Carlson also celebrated his birthday on Dec. 27, one day after discovering the win.
"Carlson, a mechanic, said he bought Missouri Lottery tickets often when he made his usual stop at Autobahn BP, 7538 N.W. Prairie View Road in Platte Woods. ‘Every morning that I work, I stop to get a coffee and a little something to eat,’ said Carlson."
On Dec. 26, he stopped by the convenience store and discovered he held the only winning ticket from the Christmas Day Powerball drawing, which was worth $71.5 million:
"‘The first time I scanned it, I didn't believe it, so I scanned it again,’ he said. ‘I kind of went nuts.’"
Carlson said he already quit his job as a mechanic, but his wife plans to continue working.
"Now that I don't work, I plan to use my time to figure out what to do with the money, he added.”
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