Reuters: U.S.: Sole winning Powerball ticket sold by New Jersey liquor store

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Sole winning Powerball ticket sold by New Jersey liquor store Mar 26th 2013, 01:40 By Dave Warner Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:40pm EDT (Reuters) - The sole winning ticket in the $338 million Powerball lottery was sold in a Passaic, New Jersey, liquor store, authorities said on Monday. The winner has yet to step forward, Judith Drucker, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey lottery, said. The winning ticket was sold on Saturday at Passaic's Eagle Liquor store, which manager Ram Yadav said is known locally as a good place for playing the lottery. The store sells a half dozen or so winners each year and last year had a $159,000 winner, he said. "The neighborhood says this store is a lucky store all the time," Yadav said, though he has "no idea" who bought Saturday's lucky ticket. "I feel good that I made somebody lucky," Yadav added. Eagle Liquor, as the seller of the winning ticket, will get $10,000. The town of Passaic is struggling economically, and according to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly one in three of its nearly 70,000 residents live in poverty. Lottery officials say the $338 million pot was the fourth largest in Powerball history. The winning ticket was bought as a cash ticket, meaning it can be claimed in a lump sum of $211 million, Drucker said. The record jackpot for Powerball nationally was $587.5 million in 2012, lottery officials said. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Leslie Adler) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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