Two Winners for Record Jackpot
DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) -- There's no word yet on who's holding the winning tickets from last night's Powerball drawing, but lottery officials have identified the stores where they were purchased.
One is 4 Sons Food Store in Fountain Hills, Ariz., and the other is the Trex Mart, off Interstate 29 near Dearborn, Mo., about a half an hour north of Kansas City.
The stores get a $50,000 bounty for selling a winning ticket, and Trex Mart's general manager says the store owner is talking about using it to give the staff Christmas bonuses. The store sold about $27,000 worth of tickets in the days leading up to the drawing.
The cashiers have been greeting customers with big smiles today, asking them whether they had bought the winner. Kristi Williams calls it "just awesome" and says she's hoping it's one of the store's regular ticket buyers.
The winners will split the $587.5 million payout. They could each take a lump sum payment of about $192 million, before taxes.
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