Press Release

TALLAHASSEE — Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Ronald Carlson, 62 of Tampa, claimed a $1 million prize from the POWERBALL® drawing held on October 10, 2022 at the Lottery's Tampa District Office. The winning POWERBALL ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers but did not match the Power Ball number.

Carlson purchased his $1 million-winning POWERBALL ticket from Publix, located at 12024 Anderson Road in Tampa. The retailer will receive a $1,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

The next POWERBALL drawing will be held tonight at 10:59 p.m., ET, with an estimated $653 million jackpot. Tickets must be purchased by 10:00 p.m., ET to be eligible for this drawing. POWERBALL drawings are broadcast live, in high definition, from the Lottery's state of the art draw studio in Tallahassee. Drawings are also available for viewing on the Lottery's website and official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/floridalottery. Winning numbers are available on the Lottery's website, free mobile app, at retailers statewide, and by phone at (850) 921-PLAY.

ABOUT POWERBALL IN FLORIDA

Since joining POWERBALL in 2009, the game has generated more than $2.65 billion in contributions to education statewide. Florida is among the top-selling POWERBALL states in the country, with more than 114.5 million winning tickets totaling more than $3.5 billion in prizes, including 16 jackpot winners.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $43 billion to enhance education and sending more than 950,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $85.8 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.