$500,000 Powerball Lottery ticket sold at Prophetstown grocery store

Someone who purchased a Powerball lottery passes at Shaw’s MarketPlace will be celebrate Christmas $500,000 richer.

The big winning lottery passes was buy at the grocery store at 214 Washington St. in Prophetstown

The big fortunate champion paired four digits and the Powerball, and they added the game’s ‘Power Play’ feature to

win $500,000 for the Wednesday graphics . The winning digits were 36-51-59-66-68 and Powerball 25

This is now the eighth Illinois Lottery champion who has won a award of $500,000

Retailers who sell winning passes accept a cash selling bonus of 1% of the award amount, which means $5,000 for Shaw’s

The next Powerball lottery drawing is Saturday, December 17, with a jackpot of $149 million