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Powerball's main drawing wasn't the end of the excitement for one Puerto Rico lottery player Monday night. A ticket sold on the island landed a $500,000 prize in the separate Double Play drawing, turning an extra chance into a major payday.
The ticket matched all five white balls in the November 9 drawing, falling just one red Powerball short of the $10 million top prize. Still, half a million dollars is quite the consolation, with Puerto Rico having the night's only ticket to hit that prize level.
Double Play results
The November 9 Double Play drawing produced the white balls 7, 12, 47, 56, and 68, with a red Powerball of 11. Puerto Rico had the drawing's only ticket matching all five white balls without the Powerball. No ticket matched all six numbers for the $10 million top prize.
The winning ticket was purchased at González Pharmacy Care Corp. in San Sebastián, according to an announcement from Puerto Rico lottery official Heidi Hernández Olivo. The ticket's numbers were selected automatically, making this one pharmacy purchase with a particularly welcome surprise.
How Double Play delivers another chance
Double Play costs an additional $1 per play and enters the same Powerball numbers into a separate drawing. Those drawings follow the main Powerball drawings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
Tickets with the option can win prizes in both drawings. However, Double Play has its own prize structure, including a $10 million top cash prize and the $500,000 five-number prize won Monday.
Power Play, the separate option that multiplies certain main-drawing prizes, does not increase Double Play payouts.
The odds of matching all five white balls without the red Powerball in Double Play are approximately 1 in 11.69 million. That makes Monday's result a rare hit, even without landing the game's biggest prize.
Puerto Rico has celebrated much bigger wins
The island's lottery history includes prizes that put even a half-million-dollar celebration into perspective.
On February 11, 2015, a ticket sold at Ponce Shell in Coto Laurel shared a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot with tickets from North Carolina and Texas. Split three ways, it turned out to be approximately $188 million before taxes.
Puerto Rico's Treasury Department identifies that win as the first Powerball jackpot won outside the continental United States. Just two months later, another ticket sold in Sabana Grande won a $50 million Powerball jackpot.
Local games have delivered substantial prizes, too. The Puerto Rico lottery's historical overview lists a $26 million LOTO prize won on November 16, 2012, by a single Quick Pick ticket. This happens to be that draw game’s biggest jackpot prize.
More recently, a February 2026 announcement reported a $1.6 million Loto Cash win from a Quick Pick ticket purchased at Farmacia San Martín in Manatí. That is just another recent example of a seven-figure prize coming from the island's own lottery games.
More than Powerball
Puerto Rico's players also have access to Loto Cash, Pega 2, Pega 3, and Pega 4, along with instant tickets. The selection gives the island a lottery identity beyond the multistate jackpot headlines.
For now, though, San Sebastián has the latest reason to celebrate: five matching white balls and a $500,000 Double Play ticket.
Enjoy playing the Puerto Rico Lottery, and please remember to play responsibly.
