Prince William County Man Wins $100,000 Playing Powerball

BRISTOW, VA — A Bristow man won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery after playing the June 3 Powerball drawing. Amit Broka matched four balls plus the Powerball number, which would normally win $50,000. But he spent an extra dollar for Power Play when he bought his ticket, which doubled his prize to $100,000.

Broka bought his ticket at the Sheetz at 11627 Nokesville Road in Bristow. He used Easy Pick and allowed the computer to randomly select his numbers. The winning numbers for that drawing were 1-3-26-41-64, and the Powerball number was 17, according to the Virginia Lottery.

“I got lucky last night,” he told the Virginia Lottery as he redeemed his winning ticket on June 4.

Broka, who works in the hotel industry, said he has been putting off buying a new car to replace his 2006 vehicle. He said he might use the winnings to purchase a new one.

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.

The Virginia Lottery generates more than $1.7 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools.