Laura Pugerude of Charlotte won a $500,000 prize from the Powerball while playing a $3 ticket on Saturday. She purchased her winning ticket at the Charlotte’s Landing bookstore and gift shop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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Pugerude’s ticket was a Double Play, which costs $1 and allows players to enter their numbers into an additional drawing for a chance to win up to $10 million. She matched all five white ball numbers in the Powerball Double Play drawing, with odds of that happening at 1 in 11.6 million…