1 of 2 prize Powerball tickets sold near Phoenix

By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press

   PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona Lottery officials say one of the two winning Powerball tickets was sold at a convenience store in suburban Phoenix.
   The Arizona ticket was sold at a 4 Sons Food Store in Fountain Hills.
   That ticket and another sold in Missouri will split the record Powerball jackpot of $587.5 million. That's about $294 million per ticket.
   Lottery officials say no one has come forward to claim the prizes, and it wasn't clear Thursday whether the winning tickets were purchased by individuals or groups.
   The jackpot is the largest in Powerball history.
   The winners could split a cash payout of $384.7 million before taxes, or about $192 million per ticket.
   They have six months to claim their prize money.
   The Missouri ticket was sold at convenience store about 35 miles north of Kansas City.

Winning Powerball ticket verified in Missouri

   DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Lottery has verified the state's winning Powerball ticket.
   A news conference to reveal who bought the ticket is planned for Friday morning at a high school in Dearborn, the small northwestern Missouri town where the ticket was purchased.
   One of the jackpot's two winning tickets was purchased at a gas station in Dearborn, about 30 miles north of Kansas City. The other was bought at a convenience store in suburban Phoenix.
   The winners will split the record $588 million Powerball jackpot.
   Missouri Lottery chief operations officer Gary Gonder says he can't provide any details, including whether the ticket was bought by someone from Missouri.
1 of 2 prize Powerball tickets sold near Phoenix

Posted: Thursday, November 29 2012, 06:09 PM CST