Selling Jackpot Ticket a Boon for Store Owner
Whoever bought the winning ticket in the $290-million Mega Millions lottery drawing made the person who sold it a very happy man himself.
Jay Patel, owner of Powers Liquors in Lowell, was elated as he waited along with everyone else to find out which customer won the huge jackpot in Friday’s drawing with the numbers 10-25-38-39-50 and Mega Ball 12.
A hand-lettered sign that read, “We sold $290 million’s jackpot here” hung in the window of the store Patel called “the luckiest Powers Liquors in the world right now.”
Patel said that in the days before the drawing, he sold about 4,000 to 5,000 tickets from his store. He will receive $50,000 for selling the ticket.
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