A Buffalo man has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize after matching five numbers in the Feb. 23 drawing, according to the New York Lottery. Jamshed Qodirov of Buffalo matched the first five numbers drawn but missed the Powerball, turning a ticket bought at a 7-Eleven into a second-place prize.

The winning numbers were 05, 11, 23, 29 and 47, with a Powerball of 06. Qodirov, who bought the ticket at the store at 2139 Niagara Falls Blvd., received a lump sum payment of $649,707 after required withholdings.

The payout comes from a game that remains one of the state lottery’s biggest draws. During fiscal year 2024-2025, the New York Lottery’s Powerball game generated $327,836,044 in total sales, while school districts in Erie County received $223,272,414 in Lottery Aid to Education funds.

Qodirov’s win was the game’s second-place Powerball prize, awarded for matching five numbers without the Powerball. That distinction matters because it is the difference between a headline-making $1 million prize and the much smaller after-tax cash amount he actually takes home.

For Buffalo, it also leaves behind a small marker of local luck: a winning ticket from a neighborhood 7-Eleven, a big prize claimed after the draw, and a reminder that the New York Lottery’s largest games continue to send money both to players and to school aid across the state.