Tom Clark and his spouse, Tracie, pose for a photograph after accumulating a $150,000 Powerball prize.
What a Genesee County man thought was a $50,000 prize turned out to be a $150,000 Powerball prize due to the Energy Play!
Thomas Clark, of Clio, matched 4 white balls and the Powerball – 16-19-34-37-64 PB: 22 – within the Aug. 25 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Due to the Energy Play, the prize was multiplied to $150,000. He purchased his profitable ticket on the Conlee Nation Retailer, positioned at 4514 West Vienna Street in Clio. Clio is about 15 miles northwest of Flint.
“I play Powerball and Mega Thousands and thousands at any time when the jackpot begins getting up there,” stated Clark. “I scanned my ticket on the retailer and bought a message to file a declare on the Lottery workplace. I forgot I added Energy Play to my ticket, so I assumed I’d solely received $50,000. It was fairly the shock after I scanned the ticket on the app and $150,000 got here up on the display!”
Clark, 54, visited Lottery headquarters just lately to say his prize. Along with his winnings, he plans to finish some residence enhancements, pay payments, after which save the rest.
Powerball performs could also be bought for $2 every at Lottery retailers throughout the state and on-line at MichiganLottery.com. A “Energy Play” possibility that multiplies non-jackpot prizes by as much as 10 instances to a most of $2 million could also be added to any Powerball play for under $1. For a further $1 per play, Double Play could also be added to a Powerball ticket, giving gamers a second likelihood to win as much as $10 million within the nightly Double Play drawing.
The Powerball drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday and could also be watched reside on-line at: http://www.powerball.com. Powerball tickets are offered in 45 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
