The Florida Lottery announces that Joseph Brelsford, of St. Petersburg, claimed a $2 million prize from the POWERBALL® drawing held on March 3, 2018. The winning Quick Pick ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers, but did not match the Powerball.
Brelsford purchased the winning ticket from Sunoco, located at 6231 Haines Road North in St. Petersburg. The retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus commission for selling the winning POWERBALL ticket.
The POWERBALL jackpot has continued to roll since January, resulting in an estimated $348 million jackpot for the drawing to be held tonight, March 7, at 10:59 p.m. ET. National POWERBALL drawings are broadcast live, in high-definition, from the Florida Lottery’s state of the art draw studio in Tallahassee. Florida Lottery game drawings are broadcast on 17 carrier stations throughout the state. Drawings are also available for viewing on the Florida Lottery website. Winning numbers are available on the Lottery website, at retailers statewide and by phone at (850) 921-PLAY.
