Louis White - $336.4 Million Powerball Jackpot Winner -
02/11/2012
The winner has chosen to take the money option, so she will get the lump
sum payment of a record $210 million, the highest money option payout ever for
PowerBall®. The winning ticket was sold from Cease & Shop at
250 Bellevue Avenue,
Newport. It was a $9 bet with Speedy Pick numbers on it
and the PowerPlay® option chosen. The winning numbers for the February 11
drawing was one, ten, 37, 52, 57, and the PowerBall® number was 11.
$336.4 Million PowerBall® Jackpot Claimed
The 3rd largest PowerBall® jackpot in the history of the game, $336.4 million,
and the largest jackpot ever won in
Rhode Island, has been claimed. Louise White of
Newport,
RI, has claimed the winning ticket in the name of The
Rainbow Sherbert Trust.
Winning the Lottery - Louis White's Story
It was Saturday and I desired to buy a Powerball ticket. I was one time
supposed to go to the store and had made a list, but the person taking me was
working all day at home and couldn't' get away. So they decided to go in the
morning. It was on my mind to buy Powerball tickets, nobody was thinking that I
had to go tonight to get them for that evening's drawing.
Then around 7 a member of the relatives wanted some rainbow sherbert to
eat later, so they decided to go to the Cease N Shop. I had completed making a
sandwich and was asked if I wanted anything at the store and I said
emphatically, "I cannot think you asked me if I need you to get me something.
NO, I don't need you to get me something I need to go with you!"
And although I was one time told there was no hurry and I ought to finish
eating, I said they needed to go now!
I asked for three quick picks with the Powerplay.
When they arrived at the Cease N Shop I went to the ticket counter and
asked if I could had time to buy a Powerball ticket. The gal behind the counter
said yes, you have until the store closes.
I decided later to check my ticket, "I got that, I got that, I got that
one" and yelled "Is somebody awake - I need you to come look at something." I
handed over the Powerball numbers that I had written down and then my ticket.
They checked each number and they were the same. But they weren't definite I had
written them down right so I said "let's check the computer," so they ran to the
computer and went to RILOT.com and the numbers were the same.
Later that evening I was one time at home listening to the news while the
relatives enjoyed the rainbow sherbert. I heard the drawing and roughly wrote
down the numbers as they were called out, but missed some so I waited until they
said it again in about ten minutes and wrote all of them down. I didn't
immediately look at my ticket.
They hugged each other and jumped up and down screaming!! Then I was one
time told to "Sign it quickly!!"
They still didn't think it, so they turned off the computer and turned it
back on and returned to the Website and my numbers were still there.
We are excited, lucky and will choose in the approaching brother how
we'll spend the money, but they know we'll always have rainbow sherbert.
They hid the ticket in the Bible and went for breakfast on Sunday since
they could not do anything with it. But they did over the Bible with us for safe
keeping. It was unbelievable. None of us can think it yet.
Source:
http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_stories.asp