BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — There is one very lucky Powerball winner in Florida.
The sole winner won the $168.5 million jackpot.
The winning numbers were 2-6-18-36-37 and the Powerball was 21.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at Publix, located at 4770 North Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach. The retailer will receive $100,000 for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.
The next POWERBALL drawing will be held Saturday, August 15, at 10:59 pm. Watch Fox4 live for the winning numbers.
Florida is among the top-selling POWERBALL states in the country, exceeding more than $5.3 billion in sales, and yielding over $2.1 billion in education funding to date. Since POWERBALL launched in Florida in January 2009, the Florida Lottery has had more than 96.7 million winning tickets totaling more than $2.7 billion in prizes, including 14 jackpot winners. Florida was one of three states nationally to have a winner in the world record-setting $1.58 billion POWERBALL jackpot in January 2016.
