Powerball winner in Colorado claims state's largest prize ever
Powerball winner from a small Colorado city claimed a $90 million jackpot. The prize is the largest ever that the state has awarded to a Powerball winner.
Powerball winner from a small Colorado city claimed a $90 million jackpot. The prize is the largest ever that the state has awarded to a Powerball winner.
A tow truck driver from a small western Colorado city claimed his $90 million聽Powerball聽jackpot and told reporters he has been waking up and feeling like his win wasn't real.
The Denver Post reported (http://goo.gl/QgJjl0聽) Wednesday that the聽winner, who identified himself only as Claude G. at a news conference, said he woke up Sunday as his wife screamed in joy.
The drawing was Saturday night. The prize is the largest聽Powerball聽jackpot ever won in Colorado.
Previous Colorado lottery聽winners聽also have only identified themselves by their first name and an initial.
Claude G. says he is from Rifle, where he bought his ticket. The city along Interstate 70 has struggled to recover from the recession and a drop in natural gas drilling. Concerns have long been raised about the regressive nature of the lottery, wherein low income people tend to buy the bulk of the lottery tickets that fund certain state programs. But because a wider swath of earners tend to buy tickets for them, big Powerball Jackpots are somewhat less regressive, as the Monitor reported in 2012:聽