$754.6M Powerball Jackpot Winner Revealed

The winning ticket was sold on February 5 and is the fifth largest ticket in the history of the game.

SEATTLE – The winner of the $754.6 million Powerball jackpot was announced by the Washington Lottery on Friday afternoon.

Becky Bell, an Auburn resident who has worked for Boeing for 36 years, won the Powerball jackpot on Tuesday, February 28th.

Bell said she bought the winning ticket on February 5 when she was grocery shopping at Fred Meyer in Auburn, representing the fifth largest jackpot in the game’s history.

Bell spends $20 on lottery tickets every week and has already spent her week’s money, but said she “had to buy another ticket” after she saw the lottery sign at Fred Meyer’s. as a reason to buy another ticket because just that week Boeing delivered its last giant 747.

She said she planned to retire in June, but she will now retire at the end of March after helping train other Boeing employees. She plans to split the money between her family.

She opted for a one-time payout option where you get your prize in cash right away. After taxes, she walked away with $309 million.

This is the second Powerball jackpot to be won in Washington State. In 2014, a woman won a $90 million jackpot by buying a winning ticket at the Auburn.

The seller who sold the winning ticket also receives a $50,000 sale bonus. Fred Meyer, who sold the winning ticket, donated bonus money to Auburn Food Bank in honor of its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste campaign to end hunger and eliminate waste.

“Hunger and food insecurity are critical issues across the state, and partnerships like this one with Fred Meyer and QFC aim to reduce the number of people facing food insecurity,” said Debbie Christian, chief executive of Auburn Food Bank.

Fred Meyer is giving $10,000 to the store that sold the ticket “for our colleagues to celebrate,” according to a prepared statement from Fred Meyer president Todd Kammeyer.

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