Numbers drawn for Powerball's jackpot of $361.5 million

Shoppers buy tickets at Brevard Publix that sold January winning ticket

The winning numbers for the Florida Powerball drawn Wednesday night were 47, 69, 30, 66, 57, with the Powerball number being 3.

The drawing for the Powerball on Wednesday was estimated to reach a jackpot of $361.5 million.

The lottery had “its strongest start ever to the last quarter of the fiscal year,” the lottery said.

The cash value for the jackpot is $226.1 million.

Meanwhile, customers at the Melbourne Beach Publix on SR A1A are wondering if lightning could strike twice.

David Kaltschmidt and Maureen Smith of Melbourne Beach were split winners of January's record $1.5 billion jackpot.

The couple bought their winning ticket at the Publix now worldwide famous for creating new millionaires. 
83-year-old Michael Cammarata hopes he's the next local winner.

"I said to myself, 'If I hit that money, I wouldn't know what to do with it all,'" said Cammarata, a Korean War veteran originally from Michigan.

Some other Melbourne Beach residents think he's playing at the wrong place because they say another jackpot winner couldn't possibly happen at this store again.

"I think because they've already had their luck and it's time to move on to another place," said Patricia Tansey.

Like the couple who won in January, Cammarata, says if he wins he won't drastically change his lifestyle either.

And he would still live in Melbourne Beach.

"You can't beat it.  It's paradise here," said Cammarata.


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James joined News 6 in March 2016 as the Brevard County Reporter. His arrival was the realization of a three-year effort to return to the state where his career began. James is from Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from Penn State in 2009 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.