Septa 48 - $107.5 Million Powerball Jackpot Winners - 04/25/2012

They filled rows of chairs at a late morning news conference, telecast live from SEPTA headquarters, where most of them have worked for tenures of less than a year to 42 years. Ranging in age from 26 to 69, including some who were already retired, they vowed no further media meet and greets would be granted.

 Thanks to a blessed lunch break — or was it the power of prayer? — the dozen happiest people in Philadelphia were introduced to an envious public today as they claimed a Powerball jackpot worth $107,533,238.27 in money.

  “We are all in awe, we’re excited, we’re humbled, and we’re grateful,” said their designated spokesman Bob Landgraf, calling the group, dubbed the SEPTA 48, “as varied as the customer base they serve.”

 Actually, there were 49 winners, because ladies split the $5 buy-in.

 Hunger played a role in where the 120 $2 tickets were bought, said of the pool organizers, Bryant Vaders.

 Divided by 48, a share of the prize comes to $2,240,275.79, before taxes of coursework. The split shares are each worth about $1.12 million. The annuity prize, which would have been paid out in 30 yearly installments, was $172.7 million.

 Late that night, the numbers came up four, 25, 29, 34 and 43, with a Powerball of 29.

 Landgraf showed the text to Vaders, who answered yes.

 About one p.m. the next day, Landgraf’s spouse shot him a text asking if their pool bought the tickets at the Gallery.

 It was Pennsylvania’s 15th Powerball win, and of them had a bigger jackpot, the $110 million money won in May 2004 by a ticket sold in Bucks County. Philadelphia’s last Powerball haul was in October 2008, when 22 postal workers shared $10.3 million.

 Shurgot checked her photocopied pages of tickets. First page, no jackpot winner. Second page, they saw Powerballs. First, no jackpot. “The second, I’m like, ‘4 \. 25 \. 29 \. Oh, my god! \. 34 \. Oh, my god! Oh, my god! \. They won! They won!’ ” Schurgot related.

Source: Powerball Winners