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Powerball winner on Facebook: 'Thank you God, we won the lottery'
A small town in Missouri is celebrating a local couple's new-found wealth after they reportedly claimed half of the record $587 million Powerball jackpot on Thursday.
A former high school classmate of the winning couple in their 50s from Dearborn, Mo., spoke with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie on Friday. NBC News will not reveal the couple’s identity until it is confirmed by lottery officials.
“He was just an all-around good guy,’’ David Troutman told Guthrie. “He was into football, sports. I was on Facebook and I saw that his wife had posted, ‘Thank you God, we won the lottery.’ Of course everybody in town, all his friends, gave all thumbs up. It couldn’t have happened to a better guy.’’“Word spread that he won so fast,’’ Troutman said. “I heard that it was a winner from Dearborn, and by the time I walked in the door my mom was on the phone, and she said, ‘He won. It was him.’ Who knows what the impact will be on Dearborn.’’
The mom of the man who won spoke with NBC News about the overwhelming moment when her daughter-in-law shared the news.
“She came by here and she was shaking when I opened the door,’’ said the woman, whose name was not released publicly.
Dearborn is about 35 miles north of Kansas City, the home of the Royals baseball team. The winning Powerball numbers match the jersey numbers of Royals greats George Brett (5); Mark Gubicza (16); Bo Jackson (22); Dennis Leonard (29), Dan Quisenberry (29); and Willie Wilson (6). Kansas City’s spring training home also happens to be in Arizona, where lottery officials reported the other winning ticket was sold.
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