Prosperous New Year: Wilson Resident Bags $50,000 Powerball Win at The Grocery Door

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While the big jackpot remains elusive, this local winner's prize adds a generous boost to their start of the year.

It wasn’t the big jackpot, but one lucky player who bought their Powerball ticket in Wilson will have a prosperous start to their new year.

According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, a ticket winning $50,000 in Wednesday night’s drawing was sold at The Grocery Door convenience store at 1907 Nash St. North in Wilson.

The lucky ticket matched the numbers on four white balls as well as the red Power Ball, according to the prize distribution chart on the NC Lottery website. No one won the big Powerball jackpot, which sits at $760 million as of Friday morning.

The next drawing is on Saturday night.

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.