1st $1 Million Powerball Power Play Winner In Florida Claims Prize

The Florida Lottery has announced that R. T. Johnson, 66, of Palm Beach Gardens, claimed $1 million from the Florida POWERBALL® drawing held on January 21. Johnson is the first Florida POWERBALL with Power Play winner to match 5-of-5 winning numbers. He purchased the winning ticket at City Discount Beverage, located in North Palm Beach.

Johnson is the second Florida player to match five numbers since the game launched in Florida on January 4.  Because he added Power Play for just $1 more, he won $1 million instead of the standard 5-of-5 prize payout of $200,000.  As a recently introduced new feature of the Power Play option, all match 5 white balls with Power Play are automatically multiplied 5X pushing the prize to $1 million cash.

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