Manassas Powerball Ticket Wins $50K As Jackpot Resets

MANASSAS, VA — While no one in Virginia won the Powerball jackpot in the April 6 drawing, a Manassas ticket was among of the runner-up winners.

The Powerball jackpot got up to $1.3 billion before a ticket bought in Oregon matched all six numbers in the April 6 drawing. Meanwhile, five tickets in Virginia won $50,000 by matching four of the five regular numbers and the Powerball number.

The Manassas ticket was bought at the Wawa at 9471 Liberia Avenue. Other winning tickets came from Food Lion at 11010 Kentucky Springs Road in Mineral and IGA Express at 344 Salem Avenue in New Castle. The remaining two tickets were bought online.

The winning numbers for the April 6 drawing were 22-27-44-52-69, and the Powerball number was 9.

Although the jackpot-winning ticket in the April 6 Powerball drawing was not bought in Virginia, the Commonwealth benefitted from all the excitement. During the 41 drawings of the jackpot run that began in January and ended with the $1.3 billion drawing Saturday night,

The Powerball jackpot that started in January and ended with the April 6 winner generated $24.2 million in Virginia that will go toward K-12 public education. Now that the Powerball jackpot is reset, it is up to $31 million for Wednesday's drawing. Powerball drawings are held at 11 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.