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By bying a winning ticket at a Cub Foods store couple won $98.7 million
A couple from Eden Prairie stepped forward to claim a Powerball jackpot worth up to $98.7 million since they had the winning ticket, which they had bought at a Cub Foods store. David Wenell bought the only winning ticket at a Cub Foods store in Eden Prairie, and then left it on his dresser before him and his wife, Mary Beth, headed up north to the lake for the weekend. They didn't learn they were winners until they got home.
"I guess I'm a dreamer. I usually fail at this -- every week, actually", he said.
They decided against taking the $98.7 million annuity option, which would have paid $3.2 million a year for 30 years, and chose the lump-sum cash option of $53.1 million, which will get them $35.9 million after withholding.
Wenell said that he has spent an average of $1 every week over the last 10 years on lottery games.
"It's not a bad investment", he said. "It's fun. Everybody needs to dream".
The Wenells -- he's 52, she's 47 -- said," they both plan to retire right away. David did clinical research for medical device companies, while Mary Beth was an executive assistant. She went to work Monday morning but left at noon".
"I wasn't too good at concentrating this morning", she said.
The Wenells have two daughters, one a teenager and one adult.
"This was the second time in a row that a Powerball jackpot has gone to a Minnesota winner. A Stillwater couple won a jackpot July 7 that would have been worth $21.1 million under the annuity option but took the $11.1 million cash option", Hoffmann said.
"The Wenells are Minnesota's 18th Powerball winners", the lottery said. The state also had six jackpot winners with its predecessor, Lotto America. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 120 million.
Source: BonusGambler.com Editors' Choice
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