Who Holds $110-Million Lottery Ticket?

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A crowd gathered early outside the grocery store on South Main Street, hoping to catch a glimpse of whoever bought the richest lottery ticket in U.S. history--a red-and-white slip of paper worth $110 million.

Someone as yet unidentified bought the single winning entry in the Powerball lottery--played in 14 states and Washington, D.C.--at Sentry Food Store-South less than four hours before Wednesday’s drawing.

By Thursday morning, lottery computers pinpointed the winning location as the grocery in this blue-collar town of 38,000 on Lake Winnebago. The town is already renowned for cashing in on big lottery payoffs.

The ticket buyer purchased the three-inch-square stub with the 1-in-55-million sequence on a street that Wisconsin Lottery spokesman Steve Madsen dubbed “Miracle Mile.” In 1990, two other customers bought winning tickets for multimillion-dollar lottery prizes at a store and a gas station on Main.

The winning combination was 4, 8, 19, 28, 41 and powerball 30. Powerball players pick five “white ball” numbers between 1 and 45, then a single red “powerball” number. The holder of the winning ticket will be paid $5.5 million each year for 20 years. The first after-taxes check of $3,579,400 will be delivered within two weeks after the winner comes forward.