A teenager that had never played the lottery before has come forward to claim the $2,000,000 Powerball prize in Sanford, Florida from Wednesday’s drawing.
Frederick Walker, 19, had a ticket that matched all five of the white balls, but did not match the Powerball. Good thing Walker added the Power Play feature added to his ticket, because that automatically doubled his prize money amount from $1 million to $2 million.
According to the teen, he’d never bought a lottery ticket before and didn’t even know how to fill out the play slip.
“When I heard about the billion dollar POWERBALL jackpot, I decided to try my luck and buy a ticket. I got to the store, and there was already a completed play slip at the playstation. How lucky that the first time I played, I won!”
The retailer received a $5,000 bonus commission for selling the winning POWERBALL ticket.
