From the Arkansas Lottery, on the winner of the $2 million Powerball prize this week.

 The winner of the $2 million Powerball® prize from Wednesday’s drawing claimed it today at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center in Little Rock. She is a resident of Faulkner County and has elected to remain anonymous.

 

The Powerball jackpot for the next drawing was increased this morning to $1.6 billion making it the largest national lottery jackpot in history. The drawing will be at 9:59 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets sales close at 8:59 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at any lottery retailer or on the Jackpocket app.

 

The winner hadn’t heard the news that the winning ticket was sold in Wooster until a friend called her yesterday and asked if she had checked her Powerball tickets.

 

“I had been busy and forgotten to check,” the winner said. “So I went to the lottery website and laid the ticket next to the computer and couldn’t believe it when I saw that five of the numbers (2, 11, 22, 35 and 60) matched. The first thing I said was “thank you, Lord!”

 

The winner won with numbers she selected. They were relative to grandchildren’s and her birthdays and ages.

 

“My husband was cutting soybeans so I was waiting on him to give him the good news before I told anyone else,” she said. “All I could do was pace the floor. However, I finally called my daughter because it was about an hour before he came in the house.”

 

The winner said she works from home and babysits her five-month-old grandson and does not plan to quit her job.

 

“I might buy a new farm truck, but the majority of the money will go to investing for our retirement,” she said.

 

She added that she only purchased her Powerball ticket around 6 p.m. the day of the drawing.

 

“I had to go to Wooster to get some things for dinner so I decided to get my lottery ticket. I filled out the Playslip and gave it to the cashier. He tried to run it, but the machine jammed up, and he had to reboot it. I was running late for church and almost left before I could get the ticket. I’m sure glad I didn’t leave without it!”

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