Lottery jackpot reaches $340 million
With $340 million up for grabs in the second-biggest lottery jackpot
in U.S. history, people trekked to a small-town West Virginia
convenience store to buy their tickets Tuesday in the apparent belief
that lightning can strike twice in the same place.
Nearly three years ago, it was the C&L Super Serve in Hurricane that
sold the ticket that made West Virginia contractor Jack Whittaker the
winner of the nation’s biggest undivided jackpot: $314.9 million in
the multi-state Powerball lottery.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot climbed into the stratosphere after 20
straight drawings in which no one won the grand prize.
