The family that owns the small-town Michigan store where the winning $842 million Powerball ticket was sold doesn’t yet know who the mystery shopper is, but said it’s “gratifying” to know they helped a customer secure his ticket. fortune.
Jacob Nammoshi, whose father owns the Food Castle grocery store in Grand Blanc, said they hope the new millionaire is local.
“It’s gratifying,” Nammoshi told The Post on Tuesday. “It’s the perfect place.”
The store will receive $50,000 for selling the winning Powerball ticket once the prize is claimed, Jake Harris, Michigan Powerball spokesman, told The Post on Tuesday.
The reward is a predetermined amount set by the Michigan Lottery for MegaMillions and Powerball.
The small town of 8,000 people, near Flint, has a “good community,” according to Nammoshi.
Nammoshi said the store was first notified of the winning sale after an employee arrived at work early and received a phone call.
The employee then called Nammoshi, who seemed very happy to hear the exciting news.
The store then posted the news on Facebook, writing: “WE SELL THE WINNING POWERBALL TICKET.”
Bill Nannoshi is the owner of the Food Castle grocery store in Grand Blanc. ABC12.com Although last night’s mystery jackpot winner has not shown up, it was sold at the Food Castle grocery store in Grand Blanc. Google St View Nammoshi found out after an employee arrived at the store early and received a phone call, informing them that the winning ticket had been sold there.
The last time the store saw a big winner was a few years ago, when a store won $300,000.
Harris told The Post that it is the largest jackpot ever won in Michigan and that the state has two of the top 10 jackpot winners. The other person won $1.05 billion through MegaMillions in January 2021.
The winner has one year to claim their prize.
The $842 million prize has a cash value of $425.2 million, according to the lottery.
The winning numbers were 12, 21, 42, 44 and 49 with a red Powerball of 1.
It is the first time someone has won the jackpot on New Year’s Day since the game’s inception in 1992 and the first time in 35 drawings that someone has won the grand prize.
The $842 million prize has a cash value of $425.2 million. The winning numbers were 12, 21, 42, 44 and 49 with a red Powerball of 1. AFP via Getty Images
“What an amazing start to the New Year for Powerball!” Drew Svitko, president of the Powerball product group and CEO of the Pennsylvania Lottery, said in a statement.
The last person to win the jackpot was in October for a whopping $1.76 million.
The lottery’s next drawing, on January 3, returns to the minimum grand prize of $20 million.
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