$1M Powerball ticket sold in Zumbro Falls
ZUMBRO FALLS, Minn. — Someone is set for a major payday after buying a lottery ticket in the small southern Minnesota city of Zumbro Falls.
Fall's Standard on Highway 63 sold a $1 million winning ticket from Monday night's drawing, the Minnesota Lottery announced. The winning numbers were 10-17-20-39-44, and the Powerball was 16. The million-dollar ticket matched the winning numbers, but not the Powerball.
The winner has yet to claim their prize and must do so at the Minnesota Lottery headquarters in Roseville. Their name will only be revealed if they choose to go public, because a 2021 law made the identities of winners of more than $10,000 private data.
An estimated $687 million awaits the next Powerball jackpot winner. Numbers will be drawn again Wednesday.
Fall's Standard will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, the Minnesota Lottery said.
"It is very exciting, it's a good feeling," said Fran Graves, who owns Falls Standard BP. "I couldn't believe it at first, I had to look at the sign again and then I was like, I hope it's somebody local that can use the money."
Several locals passed through the area to try their luck, hoping lightning strikes twice in the same place on Tuesday.
Graves says she'll share the $5,000 bonus with her employees. She plans to go to Disney with her grandchildren.
The $1 million prize is the second largest won in Minnesota this year, behind a $1.8 million ticket sold at a Cub Foods in Roseville earlier this month.
Though Minnesota has had its fair share of lotto luck, it was also responsible for a Powerball faux pas that delayed an historic $2 billion drawing last year. The drawing was delayed because the Minnesota Lottery's process for ensuring the integrity of the game ran into a technical issue with an outside vendor called Spectra Systems.
Zumbro Falls is about 25 miles north of Rochester. The latest census recorded a total population of 155. The next powerball drawing is on Wednesday. The estimated jackpot is $687 million.
