The Perry Hall resident, who played Powerball for the first time with a group of friends, had no idea his $2 quick-pick ticket from the Saturday Sept. 28 drawing contained the numbers of a lifetime.
Here’s how it all shook out: Back in September, with the Powerball jackpot sitting at $243 million, the group pooled their money, bought 50 tickets, tossed them in a bucket, and took turns picking.
The winning ticket had been stuffed into the man’s wallet and forgotten—until a phone call this month jogged his memory…