Michael Louie Gabbard of Flatwoods along with 23 coworkers from the Marathon Domestic plant in Neal, West Virginia, each pitched in $5 for a shot at Wednesday night’s $173 million Powerball jackpot.
While on their way to work Thursday morning someone in the group heard a $200,000 winning ticket had been sold in Catllettsburg, which is where they buy their tickets. Gabbard has been buying the tickets for the group for the last year so when he got to work everyone urged him to check their tickets.
We’re all sitting around while a couple of the guys checked the tickets when suddenly one of them says, ‘Here it is!’ , Gabbard told lottery officials.
We’re always playing jokes on each other so nobody believed him at first. After the rest of us saw the ticket for ourselves we were pretty excited, Gabbard said.
When deciding on who would drive to Louisville to claim the ticket for the group everyone thought it would only be fair for Gabbard to do it since he has been the one buying the tickets. Gabbard said that several people gave him gas money for the trip. They feel like big spenders ever since the win, Gabbard said.
It’s been a lot of fun, Gabbard said, referring to the win.
Gabbard said that since they’ve won their group has already expanded and people are coming up to him and asking, Did you put me in? As far for Saturday’s $200 million jackpot, Gabbard said he already has their tickets.
The winning ticket was sold at J / J Mart and the store will receive a selling bonus of $2,000.
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