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In the Money

Record $1.6B Powerball Jackpot Spreads the Wealth

7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket in Chino Hills, Calif. One winning ticket was sold at
the store located in suburban Los Angeles said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for California lottery. The identity of the winner is not yet known.

(Will Lester/The Sun via AP)

ADRIAN SAINZ Thursday, but they bought Christmas lottery, known invested and thereby col- tery.
ANDREW DALTON their tickets in Munford, a as “El Gordo,” is ranked as lect 30 annual payments The California ticket was
Associated Press town of about 6,000 in Ten- the world’s richest, though totaling an estimated $533 sold at a 7-Eleven; the Flor-
MUNFORD, Tennessee (AP) nessee; the modest Los An- it doles out millions of prizes million, or split $983.5 million ida ticket at a Publix gro-
— An unprecedented $1.6 geles suburb of Chino Hills; rather than one large jack- in cash all at once. cery store.
billion Powerball jackpot and at a supermarket in pot like the Powerball. The huge draw also pro- Tennessee officials did not
that became a national Melbourne Beach, Florida, The winners of the world- duced eight $2 million immediately say which of
fascination will be split where residents of a near- record Powerball jackpot Power Play winners and 73 the three Munford stores
three ways, by mystery win- by housing development overcame odds of 1 in $1 million winners nation- offering Powerball tickets
ners in Florida, Tennessee were heard partying loudly 292.2 million to land on all wide who matched all five produced the winner.
and California. after Wednesday night’s the numbers: 4-8-19-27-34 white balls but missed the
The winners did not imme- drawing. and Powerball 10. red Powerball, said Sally Continued on page 3
diately identify themselves Spain’s massively popular They can let the jackpot be Lunsford of the Kansas Lot-