19-year-old’s mom helps her win $1M Powerball prize
The jackpot estimate is reviewed daily, and the odds of winning are a mere 1 in 292.2 million.
The people who are driving to surrounding states for tickets “cannot understand why Alabama doesn’t offer what 44 other states in America offer”.
Before the current Powerball jackpot started to bound higher, the previous world record for a lottery prize that a single ticketholder was eligible to win was $656 million in a 2012 U.S. Mega Millions drawing. Tickets expire one year after the game’s drawing.
Obeissy said he’s seen more customers in his store since the winnings hit $700 million.
“When I woke up on Sunday, my mom told me that someone who had bought a Powerball ticket at the Speedway had won $1 million”, said Shelton, 19, who bought five Powerball Easy Pick plays at the Speedway at 800 Washington Ave.in Holland.
“I thought maybe I’d be part of history”, said Burke, a Vietnam veteran who joined hundreds of people bundled in coats and scarfs before the doors opened at the Primm Valley Lotto Store off Interstate 15.
That’s no surprise to Jo Ann Martin, assistant manager at Mapco on Chickamauga Avenue in Rossville.
The full service bakery-café-restaurant is open from 8 a.m.to 9 p.m. normally, but will stay open until 10 p.m. on Wednesday. The free Android app also displays winning numbers. Obeissy said the top prize is $100,000.
Powerball officials say between 70 and 80 percent of Powerball players use computer-generated cards, and that between 70 and 80 percent of winning cards are computer generated.
The Powerball draw takes place at 11 p.m. on Wednesday.
The grand prize in Wednesday’s drawing is worth $806 million if a victor chooses an immediate cash payout instead of annual payments over 29 years, the Multi-State Lottery Association said on the Powerball website.
World Class says they have 500 Powerball tickets and they are offering them to customers “as a thank you for their business”.