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The prize goes up to an estimated $650 million and the wait for a winner goes on as there were no PowerBall jackpot winners in Saturday's draw. The cash option for Monday's draw will be an estimated $328.3 million, Powerball said in a news release, adding that it "ranks as the ninth largest Powerball jackpot on record," and the second largest this year. Three tickets, sold in California, Illinois and Colorado, matched the first five numbers for a prize of $1 million each, Powerball said. A player in Washington also won $754.6 million in February and the following month a player scooped $162.6 million. His winning ticket was sold at Joe's Service Center in Altadena, about 15 miles outside downtown Los Angeles.
Persons: Saturday's, Edwin Castro, Castro, Carolyn Becker, Joseph Chahayed Organizations: Saturday's, Joe's Service Locations: California , Illinois, Colorado, Ohio, Washington, Altadena, Los Angeles, Syria
Los Angeles CNN Business —The owner of Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, who came to the United States from Syria in 1980 with $14,000 in his pocket, is now a millionaire after selling the sole winning Powerball lottery ticket. California Lottery officials presented the check to Joe Chahayed and his sons Joe Jr. and Danny on a rainy election day outside of their gas station. Business owner Joe Chahayed smiles as he holds a check with his sons, Joe Chahayed, Jr., left, and Daniel Chahayed, right, outside his service center in Altadena, Calif. Damian Dovarganes/APChahayed said lottery officials were waiting for him before he opened his shop this morning. Chahayed hopes the winner is from the neighborhood, and is glad a portion of the lottery money will go towards California schools. “Somebody is holding on to a very important piece of paper this morning worth $2.04 billion, that’s two billion forty million dollars,” said Carolyn Becker, California Lottery spokesperson.
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