That pushed the jackpot even higher, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association. Tickets sold at a rate of 130,000 a minute nationwide - about six times the volume from a week ago. The $587.5 million payout represents the second-largest jackpot in U.S. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 5, 16, 22, 23, 29. Winners in both states have 180 days to claim their share of the prize money. "That's nice, especially at this time of year." "The response from the owner was, 'I guess we'll be able to give out Christmas bonuses,'" Gilbert said. Kenny Gilbert, the general manager of Trex Mart, suggested his staff would be sharing in the $50,000 bounty that the store will be awarded for selling one of the winning tickets. "This really puts Dearborn on the map," he said. Store manager Chris Naurez said business had been "crazy" for Powerball tickets lately and that the store had sold about $27,000 worth of tickets in the last few days. "Even the truck drivers who come around, we see them every day, so they all feel like all locals to us," he said. Interstate 29 connects Kansas City to the Canadian border, so it's a busy thoroughfare in both directions. The store was swept up in a nationwide ticket-buying spree preceding Wednesday's drawing, with the big money enticing many people who rarely, if ever, play the lottery to buy a shot at the payout.Ĭlerks at 4 Sons sold 986 Powerball tickets Wednesday, which Chebat said was well above average.īaron Hartell, son of the owner of the Missouri store, said if the winner isn't a local resident it might have been a truck driver. "I'm glad that all that work yesterday wasn't for nothing." "I think it's crazy, and I also think it's great," said Bob Chebat, who manages the 4 Sons. Customers poured into the store, to check their tickets and share in the big moment. The winning ticket sold in Arizona was purchased at a 4 Sons Food Store in Fountain Hills near Phoenix, state lottery officials said. He said the only other local lottery win he could remember was when an area farmer won about $100,000 in scratch-off game years ago "and bought himself a combine." "When I heard it was sold here in Dearborn I about fell over," Bryan said, as he hung Christmas lights outside his mother's home. Kevin Bryan bought his ticket at the Trex Mart and made an extra trip to his mother's home in Dearborn to verify that the ticket he left on her counter wasn't, in fact, the winner. "It's a small town where everyone is really nice." "I think it's wonderful! I hope someone local won it, not someone just passing through," she said. Karen Meyers, a server at the Cook's Corner Cafe, where the daily special was roast beef and potatoes, said she didn't believe it at first when she heard the winning ticket had been sold nearby. No one had come forward to claim the prize by late Thursday morning, Missouri Lottery officials said. Speculation had many of Dearborn's 500 residents buzzing about who had won.Ĭashiers Kristi Williams and Kelly Blount greeted customers with big smiles and questions about whether they had bought the winning ticket.
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