$258 Powerball Jackpot goes to Convenience Store Clerk

  by: JohnCurio - Category:

Chris Shaw became the lucky lottery powerball jackpot winner shortly after he bought his $5 ticket at the Break Time convenience store where he works in Marshall, Missouri. The funny thing is that he had less than $30 in his bank account.

Shaw described what it felt like when he realized he was the winner: “At first you just hope you’re not going to die of a heart attack, you are trying to understand what has just happened.”

When he checked the numbers he merely believed that it was true so he called his girlfriend to tell her about his winning, but she also thought that it was a big joke at first. The lucky winner said that he will probably buy his girlfriend a car, take the kids to Disney World (Chris has three kids by two women and two other kids from his current girlfriend ) and pay dentist a visit since his front teeth are missing.

The check was delivered to Shaw at the ceremonial Missouri Lottery headquarters in Jefferson city. Now Chris has to decide whether to take the lump sum of $125 million or go for annual installments over the next 30 years.