One worker was overheard saying to another, 'it happened here.' I did the one Powerball number,' he said chuckling. 'I bought two tickets here and two at a convenience store. 'I'd say good for you,' Demi said, braving the early morning chill to walk into the Driftwood Plaza Publix to check his ticket for other possible winnings.

“Can you imagine this is happening here at our little store?”ĭave Demi didn't win the Powerball but said he's happy about the possibility someone from Melbourne Beach may have. One of the locals just asked me was it true that the winning ticket was sold here,” Koontz said, lining up one of the store scooters in the cart area. John Koontz, a front service worker at the store, had just stepped out of his car to show up for work when someone he knew asked him the big question: Was it true? In Florida, the winning ticket was sold at a Publix grocery in Melbourne Beach. An employee told Florida Today the store has been inundated with phone calls. We’re all so excited for our city,” said Rita Talwar, 52, who has lived in Chino Hills for 30 years. Many locals stood around to cheer and mug for TV cameras that descended on the suburban community of 77,000 residents located about 35 miles east of Los Angeles. I don’t know how much I’m getting but I’ll be helping my employees and my family and community.” “My community has helped me so much, I’m so grateful to them. “I’m very excited and happy,” he told the Sun. Store owner Balbir Atwal, noting his lotto machine, called it the “luckiest place in all the planet.” Faroqui, told local newspaper the San Bernardino Sun. “I’m very happy.

“I’m very proud that the ticket was sold here,” the clerk, M. When word spread that a winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, hundreds of people who won't get a dime basked in the glory anyway, many taking selfies with the store clerk on duty because, well, why not? Watch Video: Powerball winning ticket sold at Tennessee grocery store

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