North Platte man wins $1 million in Powerball lottery

Friday’s draw will now stand at $60 million with a $38.four million money worth.

“The dream of being a Lottery jackpot victor has come true for a Three Rivers woman who won a $310.5 million Powerball jackpot from the Michigan Lottery”.

The new millionaire said he is funding his retirement with his winnings, but plans to have a little fun too. “Well then I got to looking and I thought it might be more than that….”I went back in and said, ‘Hey, I think I got a big victor here, ‘” Horner said. I just want to make it a good life for them, take care of them”. I don’t want them to work the way I had to work and deal with the things I had to deal with in life.

For selling the claimed ticket, Piedmont Petro Corner Mart #38 in Greenville received a commission of $10,000. “We don’t have to work anymore!'” she quipped.

Leach will probably be the first to tell you how much she hates her “nasty, dirty” job. Their two adult children also stopped working after finding out about her fortune. She said she had been having a really bad night and was sitting in the drive-thru when she made a decision to check her numbers. “I quit automatically”, she said at a press conference.

Mega Millions draws on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $1 ticket are 1-in-258.9 million. The state House in May overwhelmingly voted to prohibit disclosing the winners unless they agree in writing.