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October 11, 2007

$200,000 PowerBall winners see strength in numbers

A $200,000 PowerBall prize has been sliced up by a group of 10 people who came into the state lottery office yesterday to claim it, Rhode Island Lottery announced today.

After divvying the prize money, and with taxes taken out, each person got $13,600, according to a news release.

The group of people work at a Massachusetts company and claimed the prized from the PowerBall drawing of Wednesday last week.

The group has been playing PowerBall together for about two years, save for one person who joined three weeks ago. Rhode Island Lottery's news release said the group credited the new member with being their "good luck charm."

Each person typically puts in $2 for each PowerBall drawing.

The ticket was bought at the Cumberland Farms, 302 North Main St., in Slatersville.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:58 PM | Permalink

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