A divorced father whose unemployment benefits were about to run out decided to gamble on the $294.8 million Powerball jackpot. He says his wager paid off.
David Edwards, 46, said one of the eight tickets he bought about an hour and a half before Saturday night's drawing was one four that matched the Powerball drawing.
"I figured I had nothing to lose and everything to gain," Edwards told The Daily Independent of Ashland, Ky., on Sunday. Kentucky Lottery officials would not confirm the name of their state's winner.
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Winning tickets also were sold in New Hampshire, Delaware and Minnesota but winners have not come forward in those states.