Cheese Factory Workers Say They Won Powerball

[matcom]

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ST. CLOUD, Wis. -- Some cheese-factory workers in Wisconsin said they hold Saturday's winning $208 million Powerball ticket.

A Wisconsin Lottery spokeswoman said no one officially claimed the jackpot as of Sunday evening.

She said it can take days or weeks for a winner to come forward.

But the group of about 100 workers at the Sargento Cheese plant in Plymouth said it has the winning ticket locked in a safe.

One of the workers, Eric Heimermann, said he planned to go to work Monday but said he wasn't sure what would happen after that.

"I thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true," Heimerman told Milwaukee TV station, WISN.

Heimerman said he planned to buy a new Ford Mustang and celebrate with his fellow winners.

"We're going to pay off the bills and have a big party in St. Cloud," he said.

The winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Fond du Lac along the town's so-called 'Miracle Mile,' where several multimillion-dollar lottery tickets have been sold in recent years.

The holders of the winning ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29- year, 30-installment annuity, or the one-time cash payment of $95,821,171.

The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 2, 3, 9, 48 and 50 and the Powerball was 23.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/9637931/detail.html

[MissB]

1. I wonder if they all have to agree (as a group of 100)

I'd think they'd have to agree which way to take th money. That could take some time.