Burlington Woman Doubles Powerball® Prize to $100,000
October 25th, 2024 by Ric Hanson
CLIVE, Iowa — Officials with the Iowa Lottery say for just One-dollar, Anita Kent, of Burlington added the Power Play® option to her Powerball® ticket, and won a $100,000 prize. Kent won in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, matching four white balls and the Powerball. The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing were 2-15-27-29-39 and Powerball 20. The Power Play was 2. The added Power Play multiplied her initial $50,000 prize to $100,000. She claimed her prize Thursday at the lottery’s regional office in Cedar Rapids.
Kent is the second Iowa Lottery player to claim a big Powerball prize in the past week. Anders Carlson of Forest City won a $50,000 Powerball prize in the Oct. 16 drawing. He purchased his winning ticket at Kwik Star, 806 U.S. Highway 69 N. in Forest City, and claimed his prize Oct. 18 at the lottery’s regional office in Mason City.
Powerball is played by 48 lotteries across the country with drawings at 9:59 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.