Man last got new furniture in 1988. Now big Powerball win means he’ll get more
A man from Iowa won a huge lottery prize after he chose to pick his own Powerball numbers.
William Rogers, of West Des Moines, said his wife likes when he lets the computer pick his lottery numbers, but he decided he wanted to pick his own this time, according to a July 3 news release from the Iowa Lottery.
“She prefers if I go and let the computer pick it,” Rogers told lottery officials. “She always knows when I pick the numbers because she recognizes some. Now I don’t think she’ll ever, ever say, ‘Don’t you pick it!’ because I picked all these and I got five out of six.”
Rogers played the Powerball for the July 2 drawing and added a Power Play, which doubled his winnings to $100,000.
He checked his ticket while he and his wife drank coffee and said he was left in shock.
“Obviously, my eyes got big,” Rogers said. “They widened up. I couldn’t believe it and had to look at it multiple times to be sure.”
Rogers and his wife discussed what they wanted to do with the prize money. He said the last time they bought new furniture was in 1988, so they plan to buy more, as well as save for the future.
“We’re not going to go out and blow it,” he told lottery officials. “That’s just how our lifestyle has been.”
The winning numbers were 7-19-21-54-63 and Powerball 21. No one won the jackpot, and it now stands at roughly $190 million for the July 5 drawing.
What to know about Powerball
To score the jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This story was originally published July 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Man last got new furniture in 1988. Now big Powerball win means he’ll get more."
