CONCORD, N.H. – The New Hampshire Lottery is announcing Lisbon, N.H. resident Jeffrey Osborn has won a $1 million Powerball prize from the drawing on Saturday, July 30. Osborn bought his ticket at the Cumberland Farms at 278 Meadow Street in Littleton. Osborn will take home $750,000 after taxes are withdrawn. The New Hampshire Lottery will pay his prize via a wire transfer to a bank account.
“We were so pleased to meet Jeffrey Osborn and his wife Kelly today at New Hampshire Lottery headquarters,” said Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. “In New Hampshire, we are all about winning and so it is extremely exciting to be able to make a New Hampshire Lottery player from the northern part of our state New Hampshire’s newest millionaire!”
Osborn told the New Hampshire Lottery today that while the win does not seem real yet, they are looking forward to paying bills, investing and sharing this good fortune with their children.
During the same Powerball drawing on July 30, a winning $487 million Powerball ticket was sold at Hannaford Supermarket on Freetown Road in Raymond for this past Saturday’s drawing. The winner marks the 10th winning Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire and the first since 2007. As of today, Friday, August 5, no winner has come forward to claim the prize, the largest prize winner in New Hampshire Lottery history.
The Powerball drawing results from July 30 were: 11-17-21-23-32 PB-5 with a Power Play of 2.
Earlier this week, Rodney Stedman of Mason, NH claimed a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket that was sold at Spitbrook Market, 108 Spitbrook Drive in Nashua, on July 30.
In addition, a $100,000 winning Powerball ticket was sold at the Discount II Plus Deli, located at 1294 New Hampshire 16 in Albany, NH.
Powerball tickets are on sale at more than 1,250 retailers in New Hampshire until 9:50 p.m. Saturday. Powerball tickets cost $2 per play. Drawings are held Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:00 PM.
About New Hampshire Lottery
Since 1964, the New Hampshire Lottery has had a significant financial impact on the state. For the past 51 years, the New Hampshire Lottery has recorded almost $6.0 billion in lottery sales and other earnings, with over $3.8 billion being paid in prizes and other cost of sales. Net proceeds to education total more than $1.7 billion to date.
The New Hampshire Lottery Commission, located at 14 Integra Drive in Concord, currently manages all lottery operations in the state, including instant games, New Hampshire Powerball®, New Hampshire Mega Millions®, New Hampshire Hot Lotto® Sizzler, Tri-State Megabucks℠ Plus, Tri-State Pick3®/Pick4® Daily Numbers games, Gimme 5, Fast Play games and Lucky For Life®.