$95-Million Lottery Jackpot Draws Horde to Wisconsin’s ‘Miracle Mile’
Florence Zeese drove two hours Wednesday to spend her Christmas savings on tickets for a $95-million lottery jackpot on the “Miracle Mile,” a street with a reputation for selling winning tickets.
“I’m not going out to buy diamonds and yachts and spend money foolishly,” said 72-year-old Zeese, buying 150 of the $1 tickets for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing.
Sentry Food installed an extra ticket machine to keep up with the demand and reported selling 30,000 tickets between 7 a.m. and noon Wednesday.
Tickets for the Powerball game are sold in Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Players pick five numbers from a field of 45, plus a Powerball number from another field of 45.
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