A sleepless night led to a Lenawee County man finding out he was the winner of a $100,000 Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery!

Charles Kempher, of Jasper, matched four white balls and the Powerball – 13-22-27-54-66, PB: 09 – in the March 20 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to the Power Play, the prize was multiplied to $100,000. He bought his winning ticket at the Meijer store, located at 217 East US Highway 223 in Adrian. Jasper is about eight miles south of Adrian.

“I have been playing Powerball for a long time,” said the 75-year-old Kempher. “I woke up at 11:30 p.m. and couldn’t sleep, so I checked the winning Powerball numbers. I was in disbelief when I realized I’d won $100,000! I sat up for hours waiting for my wife to wake up so that I could tell her the good news!”

“When I woke up, Charles told me we’d won a little bit on money,” said Donna Kempher. “Once I learned it was $100,000, I said: ‘I think that’s more than a little bit of money!’ It was so exciting.”

Charles and Donna Kempher recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim the prize. With their winnings, they plan to fix up their home.

Powerball plays may be purchased for $2 each at Lottery retailers across the state and online at MichiganLottery.com. A “Power Play” option that multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times to a maximum of $2 million may be added to any Powerball play for only $1. For an additional $1 per play, Double Play may be added to a Powerball ticket, giving players a second chance to win up to $10 million in the nightly Double Play drawing.

The Powerball drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday and may be watched live online at: http://www.powerball.com. Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.