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News DeskJune 15, 2012 15:27
Powerball officials: $241 ticket sold in Iowa still unclaimed
Iowa lottery officials said a ticket sold at a grocery store has won the state's $241 million jackpot.
Iowa lottery officials said a ticket sold at a grocery store has won the state's $241 million jackpot.
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A freshly printed Powerball ticket is seen at a Citgo gas station near the Illinois border in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
Iowa lottery officials said a ticket sold at a grocery store has won the state's $241 million Powerball jackpot.
The Associated Press reported the winner of the ticket, the state's biggest winner yet, has yet to claim the prize from Wednesday's drawing.
It is the seventh ticket sold in Iowa to win the Powerball jackpot. The AP wrote the most recent winners walked away with $200.8 million in 2006.
According to Iowa's Waterloo Daily Courier citing SourceMedia Group, "the ticket was sold to a group of workers at Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids."
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According to the CBS News, the ticket was sold at the Hy-Vee Cedar Rapids.
Store director Jamie Franck said "I'm just hoping it was one of those customers that come in every single day or every single week making their purchases just thinking maybe today's the day. And this might be their lucky day that they get to find out that they're a multimillionaire."
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120615/powerball-officials-241-ticket-sold-iowa-still-u
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