Lottery Lightning Strikes Smithfield Twice

SMITHFIELD, RI—The $2 million winning ticket in Saturday's Powerball drawing was sold in Smithfield, the Rhode Island Lottery said today.

"A $2,000,000 winning PowerBall® PowerPlay® ticket was sold in Rhode Island for Saturday night’s drawing," the Lottery said. The winning ticket matched five numbers, but not the PowerBall® number, to win the standard payout of $1,000,000. However, the winner opted to pay an additional dollar on his/her wager for the PowerPlay® feature, which increased the prize to $2,000,000. Pleasant View Market, 200 Pleasant View Ave., Smithfield, sold the winning ticket."

Three winning tickets worth $2 million were sold, according to the Powerball website. The other $2 million winners are in Texas and in Pennsylvania. They all matched five numbers and added the Power Play option for a dollar and doubled their earnings.

Also, six players won $1 million, because they also matched five numbers but without the Power Play. Those tickets were sold in Louisiana, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas.

The winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, Feb. 18, were: 3, 7, 9, 31, 33, plus the Powerball of 20.

It's the second time recently that the RI Lot has announced a Smithfield lottery winner. Previously, a Smithfield resident won $20,000 with an Instant Ticket.