The owner of a small Los Angeles convenience store has won a $1 million bonus after selling a $1 billion Powerball ticket. officials confirmedHerrera, who didn't realize he'd sold the winning ticket until arriving at work to waiting media on Thursday,On Thursday, Powerball confirmed that someone in California had picked the correct numbers to scoop the. This was the third-largest sum in Powerball's history, after a $2.04 billion jackpot last year.
The vendor of a winning lottery ticket gets a 0.5% cut of the jackpot, though the payout is capped at $1 million., Las Palmitas's Herrera took home the maximum amount. Herrera, who has four children, told K-CAL he plans to take his family on a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with some of the winnings., one woman entered the store crying and shouting, claiming she was the holder of the winning ticket. She left without showing the press her ticket.
Herrera told-K-CAL he didn't recognize the woman, although his daughter thought the woman's mother might be the winner.Subscribe to push notifications