(11 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grand Blanc Township, Michigan – 11 June 2024
1. Various of Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli posing for photos with The Breakfast Club member and attorney Mark Harder and the check that represents the group’s win in the Jan. 1, 2024, Powerball drawing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Suzanna Shkreli, Michigan Lottery Commissioner:
“On January 1st, 2024, a very lucky Michigan Lottery winner purchased a Powerball ticket. That purchase would lead to a life-changing event. It is the winning ticket for the amount of $842 million. Today, I’m happy to announce that The Breakfast Club lottery club has claimed that prize. The Breakfast Club has opted for the cash lump-sum option of $305 million after taxes.”
3. Various of the novelty check
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Harder, The Breakfast Club attorney:
“As you can imagine, the club members have felt many emotions since realizing their ticket was the one. They’ve been elated and overwhelmed, thrilled and nervous. They’ve gone from shock and sleepless nights to giving careful thought as to how this once-in-a-lifetime event will transform their lives."
5. The Michigan Lottery logo
6. A novelty Powerball ticket
7. Shkreli and others pose for photos
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Harder, The Breakfast Club attorney:
“They were stunned, in fact. So, the morning after the drawing, we heard through the news that the winning ticket had been sold here. He looked up the ticket numbers on his phone, and he was so stunned he dropped his phone.”
9. The exterior of the Food Castle store where the winning ticket was sold
10. Shkreli poses for photos with members of the Nannoshi family, who own the store
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Suzanna Shkreli, Michigan Lottery Commissioner:
“But The Breakfast Club wasn’t the only big winner of that day. Food Castle is also receiving a check for selling the winning ticket, for $50,000.”
12. Various of the Food Castle exterior
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nabil Nannoshi, Food Castle owner:
“We’re going to share with our employees, and we’re going to donate every dollar — put back into the community."
14. A Food Castle door swings shut
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Nabil Nannoshi, Food Castle owner:
“It’s money that was — it’s extra. We just like to give back to the community. The Lord has blessed us many times, and we just like to give back.”
16. Shkreli and the Nannoshis pose for pictures
STORYLINE:
A Michigan couple and a lawyer were announced Tuesday as winners of an $842.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot from a ticket purchased on New Year’s Day.
Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli said The Breakfast Club lottery club opted for a cash lump-sum of $305 million after taxes. Shkreli made the announcement to reporters outside the Food Castle convenience store in Grand Blanc Township near Flint, where the winning ticket was sold.
The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and red Powerball: 1.
Speaking on behalf of The Breakfast Club, member and attorney Mark Harder said the middle-aged couple has “been elated and overwhelmed, thrilled and nervous” since realizing their ticket was the winner.
“They’ve gone from shock and sleepless nights to giving careful thought as to how this once-in-a-lifetime event will transform their lives,” Harder said.
The couple’s names were not revealed Tuesday.
Food Castle will receive $50,000 in commission for selling the winning ticket. The store’s owners said they will share the entire amount with their employees and donate to food pantries and other charities.
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