BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY)— A DeRidder man took home $150,000 after the Powerball Sept. 1 drawing.
According to the Louisiana Lottery, John Stokes purchased his Powerball ticket hoping to take home the $1.1 billion jackpot. Though he missed the jackpot by one number, he was still able to take home thousands.
The winning numbers for the Sept. 1 Powerball drawing were 08-23-25-40-53, and the red Powerball number was 05. Stokes matched four of the white ball numbers and the red Powerball number correctly and added the Power Play option, which tripled his winnings.
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Stokes shared how he purchased his ticket from Billie’s Wag-A-Bag, LLC on 915 W 1st St. in DeRidder, due to its convenient location. The night he purchased the ticket, Stokes said he and his family were about to go to bed when they randomly decided to check the winning numbers…