The winner of last year’s $1.765 billion Powerball Jackpot, the second highest-ever, was revealed by California Lottery officials Friday.
Theodorus Struyck represents a group of winners who bought the prized ticket from Midway Market in the Frazier Park community of Kern County in October.
Midway Market – a family-owned business for 30 years – received a $1,000,000 bonus check for selling the ticket.
“That’s the most exciting news ever (to) happen to Frazier Park,” said store co-owner Nidal Khalil.
The jackpot win came after 35 missed drawings in that Powerball sequence, lottery officials stated in a news release.
“Announcing big wins like this gives all of our players the chance to hope and dream that they could be next,” said California Lottery Director Harjinder K. Shergill Chima.
Meanwhile, players are lining up across the state for a chance at two jackpots currently approaching the billion-dollar mark.
The next Powerball draw takes place Saturday and carries a jackpot currently estimated at $600 million, according to the California Lottery website.
Similarly, the Mega Millions prize pot just increased to an estimated $815 million for Friday night’s drawing.