As more weeks are allowed to pass more Powerball winners are surfacing, funny enough these are all the winners of the second prize, the jackpot winner is still in never-never-land with much speculation and rumors around this event or better said, non-event.

Throughout the states winners who matched 5 balls, which means five numbers of this game have come up to claim their prizes. What makes this game so interesting is first that it is a multi-state game so anyone can play this without the restriction of the area in which they life and the most important part is that Powerball has the power to make our imagination soar as high as the numbers in the jackpot. It is one of the biggest jackpots around and everyone wants a piece of it, specially when the jackpot has risen to the extent that you know someone must win it. Lottery numbers

Lewis Lindamood of Elkton plays Powerball when the jackpot is unusually large. So when the jackpot reached an estimated $173 million for the October 26 drawing, he went to the Sheetz at 533 University Boulevard in Harrisonburg to get some of the action. There are times when you need to make a decision and you know the time is right to do so. That turned out to be a $200,000 decision. Lottery checker

His ticket matched the first five numbers to win Powerball’s second prize.

“I didn’t jump up and down. It was more disbelief,” he commented.

The winning numbers for that drawing were 1-18-21-39-55 and the Powerball was 6. He was the only player in Virginia to match the first five numbers in that drawing, and one of just nine nationwide.

For all of those who have a certain theory about how tickets need to be bought and how to maximize their chances of winning, this fact might help to clear some preconceptions. Lindamood went to the retailer and didn´t even think much about it, he used the Easy Pick feature and the computer did all the job in picking the random selection of numbers that made his ticket a very lucky one. He knows that it was sheer luck. And taking into consideration how it happened it makes is easy to understand why this winner is happy with the second prize which is but a fraction of the whole jackpot. Yes, he was just one number short to win a whopping $173 million, but guess what, the only thing he did was push a few buttons and pay for the ticket. If you consider that, he is a total winner.

Mr. Lindamood is currently working for Harrisonburg City Public Schools and plans to make some changes around his house with this windfall. It is time for some home improvements.