CLINTON, Md. – Her husband woke her at 3 a.m. to let her know they nearly gained a $288 million Powerball jackpot. She was OK with nearly since that meant a $100,000 third-tier prize.
Clinton husband-and-wife staff wins third-tier Powerball prize after nearly successful jackpot
Until she accomplished the claims course of at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore, a participant from Clinton remained skeptical about her $100,000 Powerball win.
“I kept asking myself, ‘Is it real? Is it true?’” mentioned the Prince George’s County resident, who’s going by the nickname of “Paul’s Wife & Robyn’s BFF” for functions of telling her story. The nickname has significance to the winner, her family and friends.
Convinced that her scenario was certainly actual and true, the 57-year-old associated the story of the win, together with the revelation that she is a part of a Lottery enjoying duo.
“Actually, my husband plays all the time,” she mentioned. A Lottery fanatic, he enjoys quite a lot of video games, together with not solely Powerball but additionally the Pick video games, Multi-Match and scratch-offs. Prior to this week, their largest win was a rating of about $5,000.
Her husband bought the fortunate $4 Powerball ticket for the April 11 drawing on the day of the drawing from Allentown Liquors, which is positioned at 6321 Allentown Road in Camp Springs. He checked the ticket for a win within the very early morning hours of April 12.
“He woke me up at 3 in the morning and said, ‘We almost won the Powerball!’” recalled “Paul’s Wife & Robyn’s BFF.”
She got here again with, “Why are you waking me up for ‘almost?’”
He defined that just about successful the jackpot, which was at $288 million for that drawing, means successful a considerable prize. In this case, the couple matched 4 of the 5 white balls plus the Powerball for a base prize of $50,000. The ticket, nonetheless, included the Power Play choice, which will increase the prize by a randomly chosen multiplier. On April 11, the multiplier was X2, making the prize $100,000.
The spouse then agreed it was OK for him to have rousted her from her slumber. Of her husband, she mentioned: “He was super excited. He never went back to sleep.”
The following day, he known as her a number of instances simply to verify on particulars like the situation of the ticket. After going by way of the claims course of and being satisfied of the truth of the scenario, “Paul’s Wife & Robyn’s BFF” mentioned a celebratory meal of some kind was so as. She mentioned she and her husband will in all probability additionally take their three grandchildren, ages 1, 3 and 6, on a small trip, prone to a kids-focused theme park.
After that drawing, the Powerball jackpot has continued to roll. Players can strive their luck successful an estimated $325 million jackpot set for the following drawing on Saturday, April 16. The money choice is $201.2 million.
