While shopping for groceries, an Illinois Lottery player picked up something that wasn’t on their grocery list – a $2 million winning Powerball ticket.
The winning ticket was purchased for the Saturday, July 13 Powerball drawing at Foodsmart, a family-owned grocery store, located at 3415 W. Diversey Ave. in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.
“We are so excited,” shared the owner of Foodsmart. “When I heard that we sold a $2 million winning Powerball ticket, I thought ‘What a lucky day for somebody… and for us, too!’”
Foodsmart’s owner added, “While we don’t know who won the $2 million prize, we have a feeling it’s one of our regular, loyal customers who stops in often.”
The lucky winner matched all five numbers, plus they added the game’s ‘Power Play’ feature to win the $2 million prize. The winning Powerball numbers in the Saturday, July 13 drawing were: 9-55-59-66-69 and a Powerball of 21.
“Within the past six months we’ve had two huge wins, because late last year we also sold a $277,777 winning scratch-off ticket,” expressed the owner of the retail shop. “It seems to me like there’s some sort of luck going on at our location!”
Foodsmart’s owner added, “The...
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