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 Thursday afternoon the winner of the first ever Florida Powerball Jackpot was announced. A dermatologist from Orlando, Florida won the $189 million dollar jackpot. This is the largest lottery jackpot ever won in the state of Florida! Steel has decided to receive his winnings all at the same time instead of receiving payments. He will get $101 million before taxes.
He purchased the ticket at a local food mart he visits regularly, put it in his wallet and forgot about it. On the following Saturday he heard news that the powerball winner had not yet come forward with his ticket to receive his immense winnings.
The dermatologist and his wife have always been involved in charity work and have encouraged their children to do so as well. They plan on continuing that mission and also setting up a foundation.
The ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing on October 3rd with a $189 million jackpot. The ticket was purchased from the Sand Lake Chevron Food Mart on Sand Lake rd. The winning numbers were 12-24-48-50-57 and the Powerball was 22.
This was the first ticket since the start of the powerball in January to match all five numbers in the state of Florida. The Sand Lake Chevron received an $80,000 bonus for being the seller of the winning ticket. The Powerball ticket sales have made over 145 million dollars towards the Florida Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
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