Owner of the Store that Sold Winning Powerball Ticket has no Idea he's Won $1 million
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Origin: The $425 million winning Powerball jackpot ticket was sold at this gas station in Milpitas, California. While the winner has not yet been found, Kulwinder Singh, the owner of this station is due $1 million. But he doesn’t know yet, as he’s on a plane to India
The hunt continues for the lucky California resident who’s won the $425 million Powerball jackpot last night, and the owner of the gas station who sold the ticket doesn’t yet know that he is due $1 million.
Kulwinder Singh, who owns the store in Milpitas near San Jose, is on a plane to India and isn’t expected to hear about the prize until he lands in New Delhi around 11am PST on Thursday.
The winning numbers were 1, 17, 35, 49, 54, and 34.
His son Parmeet was left to deal with the media frenzy at the station and said he planned to tease his dad before breaking the news.
‘Hey dad, what would you do if you had $1 million?’ he said he would ask him. His parents are humble people, Parmeet said, so he didn’t expect them to splurge on anything.
The family-run gas station is just off Highway 880, with an attached carwash and Subway sandwich shop. The parking lot was crowded Thursday morning with television news vans.
Inside the store, dozens of reporters and photographers crowded the aisles of snack foods as Parmeet talked about his surprise at hearing the news, and the store’s regular customers bantered about the prospect that one of them could have been the winner.
‘I didn’t believe it,’ Parmeet said. ‘I ran outside and yelled, ‘Oh, my God!’ He and employees at the store said they did not know who the winner could be.
Rajwinder Singh, one employee, said late Wednesday that he believed he was probably the person who sold the winning ticket.
‘I’ve been here working from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,’ he said. ‘I hope I’ll find out soon.’
The ticket was the only one to match all the winning numbers, Powerball officials said late Wednesday.
The jackpot was estimated at $425.3 million, with a cash payout option of $242.2 million. It’s one of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history – but still far from the record.
A ticket for the nation’s second-largest lottery prize ever was also purchased in the in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In December, two winning tickets were purchased in San Jose, Calif., and Atlanta, for a $636 million Mega Millions prize.
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