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ADVANTAGE.
OUR RUSSELL COLBURN JOINS US
LIVE IN PENSACOLA.
RUSSELL, IS IT BUSY WHERE YOU
ARE?
IT HAS BEEN ALL DAY... AND NOW
THAT FOLKS ARE OFF WORK IT'S
JUST GOING TO GET BUSIER. WE'VE
POSITIONED OURSELVES AT THE
SHELL AT THE CORNER OF 9TH
AVENUE AND TIPPIN, JUST NEAR THE
AIRPOT.
THIS IS A STORE THAT GETS A LOT
OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND A PLACE MANY
ARE COMING TO
FOR THE JACKPOT.
I WAS INSIDE THE STORE FOR ABOUT
AN HOUR AROUND LUNCH TIME, AND
IN THAT
TIME I DON'T THINK THE DOOR SHUT
COMPLETELY ONCE.
IT WAS JUST PEOPLE IN AND OUT
ALL DAY... DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
PEOPLE. THIS IS THE LARGEST SUM
OF MONEY THE POWERBALL HAS EVER
GIVEN AWAY AND
THE SECOND-LARGEST IN LOTTERY
HISTORY.
THE CLERK TOLD ME THE REGISTER
WAS ACTUALLY SLOWING DOWN
BECAUSE SO
MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER WERE BUYING
TICKETS.
BUT SOME REFUSE TO PLAY THE
POWERBALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T
LIKE THEIR CHANCES
AND THEY'D RATHER HOLD ONTO
THEIR HARD-EARNED CASH.