One ticket was bought at Mick or Mack IGA in New Castle.
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The winning numbers were 12-17-26-43-48.
Richard Martin said his good fortune occurred while he was in a hurry to attend Mass when he stopped at a Git-N-Go convenience store at 4164 Easton Blvd.in Des Moines to use an automated teller machine. However, both people spent an extra dollar for Power Play, which doubled the prize to $2 million on each ticket.
The next drawing Tuesday is worth $25 million.
Git-N-Go will receive a $1,000 bonus from the lottery for selling the $1 million-winning ticket at one of its stores.
Officials ask the winners to sign the back of their tickets in ink and visit any of the nine Lottery District officers as soon as possible.
At $235 million, it would be the second-largest Powerball jackpot won by a Michigan resident.
Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot continues to grow.
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The Pleasant Hill man didn’t check the numbers in the Powerball drawing held Saturday until after he watched televised football games on Sunday, when he found out the ticket he had purchased matched the first five numbers drawn but missed the Powerball.
