{"id":64503,"date":"2015-02-04T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=64503"},"modified":"2015-02-04T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:29:07","slug":"million-powerball-ticket-sold-williston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=64503","title":{"rendered":"Williston resident claims Million $ powerball prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/powerballlogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8017\" alt=\"powerballlogo\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/powerballlogo.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) &#8211; A Williston resident has claimed a Powerball prize worth $1 million.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The North Dakota Lottery says the winner drew the ticket on Saturday and claimed his prize Wednesday in Bismarck. The winner has elected to remain anonymous.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lottery says the winner did not know the ticket was worth a million until Monday morning. He told Lottery officials that he has no immediate plans for the money but is thinking about retirement and &#8220;maybe a few new toys.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday is estimated at $317 million.<\/p>\n<p>Previously..<\/p>\n<p>ILLISTON, N.D. (AP) &#8211; North Dakota Lottery officials say a Powerball ticket worth $1 million has been sold in Williston.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Officials say the ticket purchased for Saturday&#8217;s draw matched all five white ball numbers. The winning numbers are 5, 11, 16, 26, and 50, and the Powerball is 34.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The winner has yet to come forward. The lucky ticket was sold at the Cenex convenience store on Washington Avenue.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Officials say the winner should sign the back of the ticket and contact the state&#8217;s lottery office.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Powerball is played in 44 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot currently sits at $317 million for the next drawing on Wednesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The last million dollar North Dakota Powerball prize was won on September 2013 in West Fargo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) &#8211; A Williston resident has claimed a Powerball prize worth $1 million. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The North Dakota Lottery says the winner drew the ticket on Saturday and claimed his prize Wednesday in Bismarck. The winner has elected to remain anonymous. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lottery says the winner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64699,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64503\/revisions\/64699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}