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TONIGHT'S WINNING POWERBALL
COMBINATION IN JUST A FEW
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY
SCRAMBLED TO GET THEIR HANDS ON
WINNING POWERBALL TICKET AND A
$550 MILLION DOLLAR JACKPOT.
22NEWS REPORTER JULI MCDONALD IS
LIVE AT THE COUNTRY TRADING POST
IN CHICOPEE WHERE PIONEER VALLEY
LOTTERY PLAYERS STOPPED BY ALL
CARL ROY WHO OWNS THE COUNTRY
TRADING POST TOLD 22NEWS THEY'D
LIKELY SELL AROUND 5-THOUSAND
POWERBALL TICKETS TODAY. THE
DIDN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM DREAMING
BIG.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S $550 MILLION
DOLLAR JACKPOT IS THE LARGEST IN
THE GAME'S TWO-DECADE HISTORY.
NATIONWIDE, IT'S ESTIMATED THE
105-THOUSAND PER MINUTE.
YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING ARE
AROUND 1 IN 175 MILLION; BUT
SOMEBODY HAS TO WIN, AND THAT
TODAY TO TRY THEIR LUCK AT
BRINGING HOME THE JACKPOT.
HOME MOM, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT BILLS, PAYING THE
CREDIT CARD, GOING TO WORK
EVERYDAY. GETTING THEM A SITTER.
IT'D BE NICE.
PROBABLY TO MOVE ON CAPE COD.
TOMORROW I'D GO TO WORK PROBABLY
WALK IN, TELL THEM I QUIT AND
WALK OUT. THEN I'D GO TO BOSTON
AND SEE WHAT I HAD TO DO TO
COLLECT. AND IN THE HOLIDAY
SPIRIT, MANY PEOPLE DREAMT OF
HOW THEY'D GIVE THEIR WINNINGS.
EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW. BUY MY
AND NEPHEWS NEW HOUSES.
42 PERCENT OF ALL MASSACHUSETTS
POWERBALL TICKET SALES ARE NET
PROFIT THAT GETS RETURNED TO
CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE
STATE. THE GAME HAS GENERATED
MORE THAN 12 MILLION DOLLARS IN
LOCAL AID. LIVE IN CHICOPEE
JM22NEWS.
NEW SINCE SIX