A $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing at the Cumberland Farms in Jamestown (41 North Road), according to the Rhode Island Lottery.

The winner numbers for the August 17 drawing were 23, 28, 41, 50, and 55. The Powerball was 24.

The winning ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball number to win $50,000. Had the winner purchased the Power Play feature, the prize would have been multiplied by 2, the Power Play number for that draw, to win $100,000. 

The ticket remains unclaimed. 

Saturday’s estimated Powerball® jackpot is $80 million.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...