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$314M lottery jackpot winner still secret
By Associated Press
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RICHMOND, Ind. -- The only winning ticket for a $314.3 million Powerball lottery prize was sold in this city on the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery officials said Sunday.

Lottery officials won't know who holds that ticket until someone comes forward, said Mark Sirkin, a spokesman for the Hoosier Lottery.

"We don't how many people - if it's one person, or a hundred people - is the winner. We have no idea. Whoever it is, they're wealthy," Sirkin said.

The ticket bearing the winning numbers - 2, 8, 23, 29, 35 and the Powerball: 19 - that were drawn Saturday night was sold at a Speedway convenience store.

The store in Richmond, about 70 miles east of Indianapolis, will receive $100,000 from the lottery for selling the ticket.

Aside from the winning ticket, a ticket matching five of the six numbers was sold in Munster and is worth $200,000, said Kathryn A. Densborn, Hoosier Lottery executive director.

"Indiana is a very lucky state," Densborn said. "It's a big day in Indiana."

Powerball, which began in 1985, is played in 29 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The record jackpot was $365 million won by eight workers at a Nebraska meatpacking plant in February 2006.

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Whomever you are... wrote on Aug 30, 2007 3:59 PM:

" First things first....disconnect your phone, have a lawyer or two, invest wisely and be prepared for all your so called friends and loved ones to come out of the woodwork. "

I think wrote on Aug 28, 2007 7:14 AM:

" I need to go visit Richmond, IN for some dumpster diving..... "

I know after I got my family set, wrote on Aug 27, 2007 5:41 PM:

" I'd totally share my funds. The homeless in B-N would have aplace to rest their heads, work training...and have full bellies. "

Now what wrote on Aug 27, 2007 5:36 PM:

" did I do with that lottery ticket??? "

Get with it! wrote on Aug 27, 2007 5:08 PM:

" When will the lottery come up with something where more people can win. What is one going to do with 314 million dollars? It can be shared plenty of ways and each person would still be wealthy! "

Daddy wrote on Aug 27, 2007 3:40 PM:

" it's me your long lost son!!!! "

I just... wrote on Aug 27, 2007 3:31 PM:

" wanna congrat the winner on the lottery... GOSH.. wish that was ME$EE$EE$$!!!! "

Bum wrote on Aug 27, 2007 3:08 PM:

" hey can i have $20 for... uh.... food. "

Not for long wrote on Aug 27, 2007 2:45 PM:

" you cant keep the fact that you have 314 millions dollars a secret for too long. "

The winner~~ wrote on Aug 27, 2007 2:41 PM:

" Is most likely getting their business in order, cuz once it comes public, yowza!!! Congrats to ya. "
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