Happy ‘Pandemonium’ Visits Powerball Victors
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A Maine couple who won one-quarter of the $294.8-million Powerball jackpot came forward, calling the last few days “a wonderful pandemonium.”
Patricia Wales, 60, and her husband, Erwin, 70, held a news conference in Saco, Maine, a day after winners were identified in Kentucky and Minnesota. The holder of the final winning ticket, which was sold in Delaware, has not been identified.
Patricia Wales noted that she works as a disbursement specialist. “It’s nice to have that reversed and someone’s giving me money,” she said, adding that they plan to buy a pickup truck and help their children and grandchildren.
The jackpot was the third-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history.
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