POWERBALL JACKPOT

SPANISH LAKE — A customer stood at the counter during the Tuesday lunch rush at the QuikTrip here and eyed Chris Sternfels, the store manager.

"Did you sell the winning ticket?" the customer asked.

Sternfels laughed and said he didn't know. But someone — who has remained anonymous — bought a Powerball ticket worth $893.5 million at the QuikTrip at 12110 Lusher Road, off Highway 367, north of Interstate 270, the Missouri Lottery announced this week.

"I hope it's someone who we see every day (and) their life has just completely changed," Sternfels said.

The store will receive a prize of $50,000 for selling the winning ticket.

"No one in Missouri ever wins," he said. "It's very, very rare. It's unbelievable."

The winning ticket holder will split the $1.787 billion jac

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