Winning lottery ticket ’causes chaos for local store’ – November 25th 2011

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A little shop in a small town in California was turned upside down after it was revealed a jackpot-winning California Super Lotto lottery ticket had been sold there but the lucky player had not come forward.

According to the Cal Coast News, in the days after the news broke that a convenience store in Paso Robles had seen one of its customers buy a slip entitling them to $78 million, locals began to take an interest in the small outlet.

The employee who sold the ticket, Mary Booker, said that without a winner coming forward, residents began to suspect the slip may have been discarded or misplaced in and around the vicinity of the shop.

She revealed there were people checking the shelves to see if a lottery ticket had accidentally been lost amid a crate of cans or a display of magazines, while some ventured into the skips outside the building and even combed through nearby rubbish bins.

It was not long before customers began to suspect the employees of the shop, asking if they were the ones who scooped the lottery jackpot.

In the end, Korean War veteran Charles Hairston, who is 82, came forward to collect his $78 million top prize after 18 days of sitting on his ticket, despite realising his good fortune the very night he bought it on November 1st.

Lotto fans who are dreaming of a Californian lottery win just like Mr Hairston could try their luck at playing USA Super Lotto at theLotter to be in with a chance of winning $10 million in Saturday’s (November 26th) draw.