<div id="subtitle">Smoky Mountain gain: Winning Powerball ticket sold at store in western North Carolina</div><div><p>A winning Powerball ticket worth more than $140 million was sold in western North Carolina.</p><p>The North Carolina Education Lottery announced Sunday that the winning ticket from Saturday night's Powerball drawing was sold in Asheville.</p><p>Spokeswoman Pamela Walker says the ticket was sold at a Wilco Hess convenience store.</p><p>The winning numbers were 14, 22, 52, 54, 59, with the Powerball 4. The ticket was worth a $141.4 million annuity or $69.6 million in cash, minus federal and state withholdings, if the winner elects to take the lump sum.</p><p>It's the third time North Carolina has had a winner in the Powerball drawing since the state established a lottery on May 30, 2006.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68652990&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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