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Iowa man comes forward with $113M Powerball lottery ticket
There's one house in Beaverdale, Iowa that might get a flyover from Santa Claus this year.
An unidentified man from the Des Moines neighborhood stepped forward Saturday with the winning $113.2 million Powerball ticket from Wednesday's drawing.
Kurt Harris, manager of the Dahl's Food Mart at 1819 Beaver Ave. where the ticket was sold, said the man, "one of our good customers" who lives nearby, came in shortly after noon.
Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer confirmed that the ticket was turned in Saturday but said the man's identity won't be known until he goes to the lottery headquarters to claim his jackpot.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot was the largest won in Iowa. Five jackpots have been won by Iowans since Powerball's inception in 1985. The largest until last week was $31.8 million in 2000, won by Larry Hasken of Sabula.
Elvedina Suvic, who works at the Dahl's courtesy counter, said she verified the latest winning ticket.
The man, who asked store employees not to disclose his name, "was shocked; he didn't say a word" when the machine confirmed the winner, she said.
"I thought, 'Oh my God, I have the winning ticket in my hand' ", Suvic said. "He said he didn't know until today" that he held the lucky ticket.
Powerball is played in 27 states and the District of Columbia. The largest jackpot was $363 million, won in 2000 by two ticket holders in Illinois and Michigan.
Lottery officials said 609 tickets were sold at the Beaverdale Dahl's for Wednesday's drawing. The store will receive $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. The store's managers said they are unsure how the money will be spent.
A $200,000 winning ticket was sold at a Casey's General Store in Altoona. It was claimed by Steve Larsen of Altoona.
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