ST. LOUIS FAMILY TO SHARE MISSOURI'S LARGEST LOTTERY JACKPOT
Shirley Wilson talks about winning the Poweball jackpot as her husband Jack looks on in Chesterfield, Missouri on January 29, 2007. Wilson, a retired electrician and World War II veteran is the winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri - worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars.The south St. Louis Louis County family bought a $5 Powerball ticket with the six winning numbers of 9, 19, 29, 42, 53 and the Powerball number of 17. Jim Wilson (84) and wife Shirley (79) are not sure what they will do with their portion but plan to split it evenly with their three sons. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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