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$165 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Staten Island Deli
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Jan 9, 2016
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Tonight's Powerball jackpot is $900 million, which is just enough pre-tax cash to buy you 450 single edition Wu-Tang albums. But even if some yahoo in Michigan wins that sweet cash, a New Yorker scored some big bucks yesterday—some lucky duck bought a $165 million Mega Millions ticket at a deli in Staten Island.
The ticket was sold at Willowbrook Deli in Castleton Corners with the numbers 11, 39, 51, 57 and 75—those just happened to be the winning Quick Pick ticket for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot. "We were shocked," deli manager Sarbjit Sing told SI Live. "We didn't see the winner yet, but we've been asking our regular customers to check their tickets."
The winner hasn't been announced yet, but local customers seem only vaguely bitter. "You gotta be happy for them," one customer at the deli said this morning. "Hopefully the winner is from the neighborhood." If he/she is, they might be moving soon!
Tonight's Powerball jackpot is $900 million. FiveThirtyEight says there's a 77 percent chance someone'll snag that, but they'll certainly be cursed forever if they do.
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