Trenton, NJ – A worker at the New Jersey convenience store that sold a Powerball ticket worth $429.6 million says he and his colleagues are “amazed” that it happened.
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Marcelo Chilel says when he heard the ticket was sold in Mercer County, he thought it would be great if it was sold at the 7-Eleven store where he works in Trenton. When he found out that was the case, he says he felt very happy for the customer.
Chilel says several store patrons asked him Sunday if he knows who bought the ticket, and several television news crews were at the store asking the same question. But he says he has no idea who bought it or when it was sold.
The ticket holder has not yet come forward.
The winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night were 5-25-26-44-66 and the Powerball number is 9.
The jackpot Saturday had climbed to nearly $430 million.
Powerball is played in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning are one in 292.2 million.