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Madison, Wis. -- Kwik Trip on 1223 E. Wisconsin St. in Portage knows something about big wins when it comes to Wisconsin Lottery tickets. The retailer sold a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket for the Wednesday, January 31 drawing. It is the seventh winning ticket of $25,000 or more sold by the store in the last seven years and the second time the location sold a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket.
The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (15-18-19-41-43) plus the Powerball (14).
Wisconsin Lottery retailers who sell winning tickets over $599 receive a two percent Retailer Performance Winning Ticket Incentive, up to $100,000.
Since August 2017, the Kwik Trip on E. Wisconsin St. has sold winning scratch tickets of $25,000, $50,000, $54,000, and $100,000 along with winning lotto tickets of $50,000 (2x) and $140,000.
Wednesday's $50,000 Powerball win is the fourth winning ticket of $50,000 or more sold in Wisconsin in the last 12 days.
The current Powerball jackpot is still climbing. The estimated jackpot for the Saturday, February 3 drawing is $206 million.
Players have 180 days from the draw date to claim their winnings. Information on how to claim a prize is available at wilottery.com/winners/claim-prize. Players can also check their tickets using the Wisconsin Lottery mobile app, available on the App Store or Google Play.
The odds of winning a $50,000 Powerball prize are 1:913,130 and the odds to win the Powerball jackpot are 1:292,201,338.
Powerball drawings are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. Tickets must be purchased before 9 p.m. to be included in a drawing. Powerball tickets are $2 per play, with the option to buy the Power Play feature for an additional dollar.
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The Wisconsin Lottery enriches communities statewide by giving back 93 percent of its revenue to winners, retailers, and Wisconsin homeowners. Since 1988, the Wisconsin Lottery has generated:
- More than $18 billion in total revenue
- Over $10.2 billion in prizes paid
- More than $5.4 billion in funding for property tax credits to eligible Wisconsin homeowners.
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