1207 Wall Street in Los Angeles. Use Google Maps. Drop the walking man pin, look at the picture of mini market and you'll get an idea of the neighborhood. It's next to Lebre Yaxi Trim whatever that is.
A tiny Los Angeles convenience store just blocks from the homeless encampments of Skid Row has been revealed as the location where the winning Powerball ticket was sold.
The winning $1.08 billion ticket in Wednesday's drawing was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market, whose owner will receive a $1 million bonus, California Lottery officials confirmed.
Store owner Nabor Herrera said he did not realize he'd sold the winning ticket until he arrived for work early Thursday and saw cameras camped out in front of the shop, which he initially though were for a movie scene.
'I tell you, it's a surprise for me, I didn't know what it is -- filming or what,' the father of four told KTLA-TV.
Herrera, who has owned the store for seven years, said that he had no idea who purchased the winning ticket, adding that he'd sold lots of Powerball tickets in recent days, mostly to locals from the neighborhood.
The shopkeeper said he planned to use his $1 million seller bonus to expand his business, and perhaps take his family on a 'one week' vacation to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico.
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A tiny Los Angeles convenience store just blocks from the homeless encampments of Skid Row has been revealed as the location where the winning Powerball ticket was sold.
The winning $1.08 billion ticket in Wednesday's drawing was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market, whose owner will receive a $1 million bonus, California Lottery officials confirmed.
Store owner Nabor Herrera said he did not realize he'd sold the winning ticket until he arrived for work early Thursday and saw cameras camped out in front of the shop, which he initially though were for a movie scene.
'I tell you, it's a surprise for me, I didn't know what it is -- filming or what,' the father of four told KTLA-TV.
Herrera, who has owned the store for seven years, said that he had no idea who purchased the winning ticket, adding that he'd sold lots of Powerball tickets in recent days, mostly to locals from the neighborhood.
The shopkeeper said he planned to use his $1 million seller bonus to expand his business, and perhaps take his family on a 'one week' vacation to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico.
Tiny convenience store near LA's Skid Row sells winning Powerball
The winning $1.04 billion ticket in Wednesday's drawing was sold at Las Palmitas Mini Market, whose owners will receive a $1 million bonus, California Lottery officials confirmed.
