Two lottery players won big prizes during the same weekend in Arkansas.

 

Natalie M. of Pope County won $150,000 in the June 14 Powerball® drawing and claimed her prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on June 16.

 

The winning ticket was sold at Tobacco Town Russellville, located at 115 E. Parkway Drive in Russellville. The winning numbers were 4, 6, 9, 23 and 59, and the Powerball number was 25. The Power Play® multiplier was 3.

 

Natalie bought the winning ticket as part of her usual lottery playing routine. She and her husband play Powerball “all the time,” and they had high hopes for Saturday night’s drawing.

 

“Somebody’s going to win,” her husband said. “Why can’t it be us?”

 

Natalie’s husband checked their numbers the next morning and realized that they had matched four out of five winning numbers, plus the Powerball number, and landed a $50,000 prize. Because they purchased their ticket with the Power Play option, their prize tripled to $150,000.

 

Natalie was one of only nine players to win the six-digit prize in that night’s drawing.

 

“We’re still trying to process,” Natalie told lottery officials. “All the way up here, we rode in silence.”

 

In the past, the most Natalie had ever won was $100 on a scratch-off ticket.

 

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday night is $118 million.

 

Another winner, Washington County resident S. Ortiz, won $50,000 playing $50,000 Frenzy, a $20 instant game. She also claimed her prize on June 16.

 

The winning ticket was sold at Casey’s General Store #3237, located at 3704 S. Thompson St. in Springdale.

 

Ortiz, a casual lottery player, spontaneously bought her winning ticket last Friday.

 

“I wanted to have some luck!” Ortiz told lottery officials. “I just wanted to scratch it and see what happens.”

 

Fortunately for Ortiz, luck was in her favor because the ticket held a $50,000 top prize.

 

“I couldn’t believe it!” she said.

 

The lucky winner plans to use her prize to help her parents and to continue playing lottery games.

 

Forty-six top prizes worth $50,000 each remain on $50,000 Frenzy.

 

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