Powerball Winner Sold in Oregon Gold Rush Town: ; W.Va. Co-Workers to Share $853,492

Charleston Gazette › October 22, 2005

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Someone in this Gold Rush town struck it rich with a $340 million Powerball ticket, and 19 co-workers in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle will share nearly $600,000 after taxes.

The winner of the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot bought the lucky ticket either at Ray's Food Place or J'Ville Tavern, Jacksonville, Ore.'s, only lottery-ticket sellers. A runner-up ticket worth $850,000 also was sold in Jacksonville.

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Powerball Winner Sold in Oregon Gold Rush Town: ; W.Va. Co-Workers to Share $853,492

"We used to have gold. Now we have gold again," said J'Ville Tavern owner Andy Gough, who was waiting to find out if she and her husband would be winners,...

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