Munford, Tn., Couple Says They Are Winner Of Big Powerball Prize

Two Powerball tickets sold in North Carolina are worth $2 million, three are worth $100,000 and 14 are worth $50,000, lottery officials say. Although the couple wants to return to their private lives afterward, “they want to… let the public know that they’re the winners”.

“We’re all just very excited that one of us could be the winners, and it’s just very exciting for everyone”, Delaney Gurol said.

Chino Hills store owner who sold winning Powerball ticket gets $1 millionThe family of the 62-year-old woman said the nurse’s son played a prank on his mother.

Someone who bought a ticket at the Landhope Farms at Routes 82 and 926 in East Marlborough Township matched five numbers to score $1 million.

Lottery officials have announced the numbers drawn for Wednesday night’s record $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot. They were picked during a late Wednesday drawing at lottery offices in Tallahassee, Florida.

The Tennessee couple lives near the store where the winning ticket was bought and said they will reach out to Tennessee lottery officials later Friday. The three lucky ones overcame the odd of 1 in 292.2 million.

Two other winning tickets were sold in Munford, Tennessee, and Melbourne Beach, Florida, lottery officials in those states said.

The next Powerball drawing will be held Saturday, January 16, at 10:59 p.m. ET with an estimated $40 million jackpot.

“Now I’ll be nervous because everybody knows, ” John Robinson said.

Her dad came with her to collect her prize money and said he thinks he won $8 on his Powerball ticket.

“I’d like to quit my job and do something inspiring”, Cave said. Crowds descended on the suburban California 7-Eleven convenience store after word emerged it had sold a winning ticket. There were more than 250,000 winning tickets in OR from the drawing on Wednesday night, with prizes ranging from $4 to $50,000. Each ticket is worth more than $500 million.

Powerball tickets are sold in 44 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.