Stratford Resident Plays Father's Old Roulette Numbers and Wins $50,000 Powerball Prize

It was the day before Dana Pniewski’s payday and the Stratford resident, who rarely carries cash anymore, had just enough cash in her wallet to buy two $2 Powerball® tickets to get in on the colossal $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot drawing for Nov. 7. One of the two tickets she purchased from the Stratford Cigar & Smoke Shop in Stratford were played with her father’s old roulette numbers.

When the winning Powerball numbers 10 - 33 - 41 - 47 - 56 and Powerball 10 were announced after the drawing occurred, Dana said he knew she won something, because she definitely had two 10’s on her ticket.

“I called home to double-check the winning numbers and got confused because I thought my own numbers were being repeated back to me. That’s when I realized I had matched four numbers and the Powerball—I won $50,000!”

Dana said the unexpected prize win will be a huge help financially. It will be used to pay off her bills and the rest will be put away as an investment.

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