$1 million lottery prize a heady win

A Durham man who won $1 million in the Powerball drawing this week doesn't have specific plans for the jackpot, other than to maybe buy a new couch.

Larry Basden, 61, bought his ticket around dinnertime Wednesday at Bilboa Food Mart on Angier Avenue. He plays Powerball a couple of times a week, spending $5 or $10 each time.

When filling out his slip for Wednesday night's drawing, Basden played random numbers. "Just what came to me on the top of my head," he said.

Basden matched the five white balls -- 20, 24, 37, 48, 53 -- and missed only the red Powerball. That kind of luck generally nets the winner $200,000. But Basden took advantage of the game's "power play" feature. When the power-play multiplier came in at 5, it bumped his prize to $1 million.

Basden watched the drawing Wednesday night live on TV, writing down the numbers as they were announced. When he realized he had a winner, he called for his wife, Rosalyn.

"My mouth just fell open. I said, 'Hey, you better come in and look at these.' "

Basden said he plans to invest the money.

Because there was no grand-prize winner Wednesday, the jackpot for Saturday's drawing is expected to be $153 million.