DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado Lottery is providing 150 King Soopers shoppers in Arvada with a free ticket for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, the Colorado Lottery said in a press release on Tuesday.
The tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the King Soopers, located at 9731 W. 58th Ave. in Arvada. The grand event will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 11 a.m., with the giveaway expected to occur at 10 a.m.
The Powerball jackpot sits at $815 million, after no winners were announced on Monday evening.
This jackpot started on June 1 and is the first to break $700 million since a ticket in Oregon won the billion-dollar jackpot on April 6, 2024.
The last six drawings have brought a winner from Colorado, but none have hit the grand prize, the Colorado Lottery said.
The winning tickets were purchased at locations, including:
- July 11: City Market, La Verkin: $50,000
- July 18: Alta Convenience, Castle Rock: $50,000
- July 30: Capshaw Liquors, Aurora: $100,000
- Aug. 7: Winners Corner, Westminster: $200,000
- Aug. 15: Sinclair South 8th Street, Divide: $50,000
- Aug. 18: King Soopers, Centennial: $100,000, and Good 2 Go Store 711, Cortez: $50,000
Colorado has had three previous Powerball winners.
According to Powerball, the Wednesday drawing will be for the seventh-biggest jackpot in Powerball history.
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