$1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In North Carolina: See If You Won

Playing the lottery is always a gamble, but sometimes your luck can pay off with a nice prize . Prizes can range anywhere from enough money to cover dinner and a movie to an amount that can change the rest of your life. While the latter is harder to come by, plenty of players still manage to win a life-changing sum. If you recently purchased a lottery ticket in North Carolina, you may want to check your numbers now as one lucky winner matched enough numbers in Saturday's (September 21) Powerball drawing to win a $1 million prize.

A lucky Powerball ticket sold in North Carolina was the only ticket in the country that won $1 million during Saturday night's drawing after matching five of the numbers called, according to the Powerball website .

If you think you may have purchased the ticket, now's the time to check to see if you won. These are the lucky numbers that helped the to-be-determined winner score their huge prize:

Numbers: 17 - 19 - 21 - 37 - 45

Powerball: 14

Power Play: 2x

Because no tickets managed to match all six numbers during Saturday's drawing, the jackpot has risen to an estimated $208 million ahead of the drawing on Monday (September 23).