Things have gotten interesting in Sweetwater County.
Someone bought a Powerball ticket worth $2 million at Loaf 'N Jug at 3036 College Drive in Rock Springs.
That winning ticket was drawn during Wednesday night’s $1.4 billion Powerball drawing that produced four $2 million winners nationwide, but nobody scored the jackpot, which is now an estimated $1.7 billion for Saturday night’s drawing.
The other $2 million tickets were sold in Michigan, Oregon and Texas.
Who’s the newest millionaire? As of Thursday evening, no one had yet produced the winning ticket. Or, at least the folks at WyoLotto haven’t announced it yet.
Just Another Day
No one knows at the Loaf 'N Jug either.
A clerk answering the phone at the convenience store on Thursday night said she’s not particularly excited to have sold a $2 million winner.
“Doesn’t faze me one way or there other,” she said. “I didn’t win.”
While she doesn’t know who bought the ticket, she hopes it was a local police officer, “because he deserves it."
Asked if she feels her store is now lucky, the clerk said, “No, not really,” then hung up when asked for her name.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
We may never know who the winner is.
In Wyoming, if a lottery winner requests to be anonymous, WyoLotto will honor that.
This isn’t the first time there have been big winners in the Powerball game in Rock Springs, although nothing nearly as large as $2 million, WyoLotto reports.
There has been one $200,000 winner, one $150,000 winner, and two $100,000 winners.
This also isn’t a record for Wyoming.
The biggest winner in the Cowboy State was back in 2016 when someone won $5 million at a Maverik convenience store in Evanston.
Jimmy Orr can be reached at jimmy@cowboystatedaily.com.
