Eight Fedex Corp. workers won $2 million in the North Carolina Powerball lottery April 25. | Akilah Davis/Facebook
Eight Fedex Corp. workers won $2 million in the North Carolina Powerball lottery April 25. | Akilah Davis/Facebook
Eight FedEx Corp. workers in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are used to delivering goods for customers; now, the Powerball lottery has delivered for them — to the tune of $2 million.
The octet’s members call their group The Purple 8, and they’ve been playing the lottery for years, hoping to hit it big, according to a WTVD report.
April 25’s Powerball drawing proved to be the group’s lucky moment. Their $3 ticket matched all five white balls to earn a million dollars, then they doubled their winnings seconds later by matching the Power Play ball.
"It was a shock,” one of the winners, Michael Walker, told WTVD. “My girlfriend ran into the backyard screaming and yelling."
The winning ticket was bought at the Harris teeter on Raeford Road, WTVD reported.
“I’ve been having dreams lately about the winning ticket being sold in Fayetteville,” Walker said in a North Carolina Education Lottery release. “So, I bought at least one ticket in Fayetteville for each drawing.”
The eight winners are: Walker of Raeford, Robert Peterson III of Fayetteville, Phillip Freeman of Rowland, Derick Hunt of Lumberton, John Oxendine of Lumberton, Catherine Simpson of Raeford, Tharp Bordeaux of Elizabethtown, and Mickey Sessoms of Marston.
They claimed the prize Thursday, according to the report. After taxes and the split, each of them will have an extra $177,000.
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