USA: Hopeful lottery players line up for tickets and a chance to win an estimated $325 million (USD) jackpot

Record ID: 572963

  • Title: USA: Hopeful lottery players line up for tickets and a chance to win an estimated $325 million (USD) jackpot
  • Date: 11th February 2012
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 10, 2012) (REUTERS) MACHINE DISPENSING POWERBALL TICKETS WOMAN GIVING TICKETS TO CUSTOMER WOMAN COUNTS MONEY (SOUNDBITE) (English) AGUEDA CESTINO, MARYLAND RESIDENT, LOTTERY PLAYER, SAYING: "It's kind of a big money, so maybe I have to share something like that to my friends and my relatives and make a donation, you know, that's all I want to do." STORE SELLING TICKETS POWERBALL SIGN 325 MILLION SIGN MAN BUYING TICKETS FROM WOMAN BEHIND REGISTER WOMAN GIVING TICKETS TO MAN TICKET MACHINE WOMAN BEHIND REGISTER WITH MAN COUNTING MONEY MONEY (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANTHONY PRATT, CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND RESIDENT AND LOTTERY PLAYER, SAYING: "First I would help myself, then my brother, my brother and my family and friends. I know that if I hit Powerball I would be broke probably in a month, because I would end up giving it away." WOMAN BEHIND REGISTER MACHINE DISPENSING TICKETS "POWERBALL $2" SIGN WOMAN SELLING TICKETS TO WOMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) DOMINIC LAW, MARYLAND RESIDENT AND LOTTERY PLAYER, SAYING: "Take a long vacation from everything." WOMAN SELLING TICKETS TO MAN TICKETS
  • Embargoed: 26th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: People,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA59YVOWITOQ62MOFNKD0Y413OJ
  • Story Text: Powerball players in Washington, D.C. lined up for their tickets late on Friday (February 10), hoping to pick the lucky numbers to win an estimated $325 million (USD) jackpot.
    A steady stream of customers came into the Tenley Mini Market and paid 2 dollars a ticket, knowing that just one ticket could change one's life.
    If she won, Agueda Cestino said she would give a lot of the money away.
    "It's kind of a big money, so maybe I have to share something like that to my friends and my relatives and make a donation," Cestino said.
    Lottery player Anthony Pratt said he played the lottery with the hope that if he won, he could help his brother who needs a new pancreas.
    "I would help myself, then my brother, my brother and my family and friends. I know that if I hit Powerball I would be broke probably in a month because I would end up giving it away," Pratt said.
    Dominic Law had one wish if he won.
    "Take a long vacation from everything," he said.
    Media reports said the estimated $325 million (USD) is the ninth largest annuity prize in U.S. history.
    The drawing will be held at 10.59 p.m. est (0359 gmt) on Saturday (February 11).
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