Springfield Man Stops At Store, Wins $100K In Powerball

A Springfield man was driving home from dinner with his daughter and decided to stop and play Powerball. That was a lucky decision.

Cresencio Hernandez won $100,000 by matching four of the five first numbers and the Powerball number. Normally the prize would be $50,000, but he doubled the prize by spending an extra dollar for Power Play. The winning numbers were 5-25-38-52-67, and the Powerball number was 24.

Hernandez bought the winning ticket for the Dec. 26 drawing at a 7-Eleven, 8319 Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield.

"It’s a very pleasant surprise, to say the least," he told Virginia lottery officials. Hernandez, who is retired, did not say how he plans to use the winnings.

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The overall odds of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 25.

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