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A Powerball Power Play ticket sold at the Calabrese Club in Westerly won $150,000 this week. The ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball number for a $50,000 payout. Because the player also added the Power Play feature, the prize was multiplied by three to $150,000. The ticket has not yet been claimed.

Meanwhile, in Newport, a woman from Middletown claimed a $30,0000 “Holiday Winnings 10X” Instant ticket she bought at the Stop and Shop on Connell Highway.

The woman tells Rhode Island Lottery officials that she will put the money towards bills.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

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...

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