{"id":242207,"date":"2022-11-10T10:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T16:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=242207"},"modified":"2022-11-10T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T18:01:59","slug":"2-04b-powerball-ticket-bought-at-business-run-by-nfl-players-father-in-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/2-04b-powerball-ticket-bought-at-business-run-by-nfl-players-father-in-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball $2.04B Winner Bought at NFL Player’s Father-in-Law’s Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lucky winner of this week\u2019s $2.04 billion Powerball<\/a> drawing has yet to come forward to claim the historic jackpot. But one clear winner is NFL player Domata Peko\u2019s much-admired father-in-law. The winning ticket was sold at his California gas station.<\/p>\n

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Joe Chahayed holds a facsimile check with his son, Joe Jr., outside of Joe’s Service Center in California. The gas station sold the winning $2.04B Powerball ticket. (Image: Damian Dovarganes\/AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Chahayed, known by customers as “Papa Joe,” has owned Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, Calif. for two decades. He will receive $1 million for selling the ticket.<\/p>\n

But Chahayed plans to continue to keep on working at his station despite the generous payout.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m 75, still young. I will be here tomorrow at 6 o\u2019clock. I love work,\u201d<\/strong> Chahayed was quoted. While at the station this week, he was sporting a California Lottery hat and a T-shirt that read, \u201cMillionaire Made Here.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Joe Chahayed who sold the winning ticket in the $2.04 billion Powerball drawing at his Altadena Mobil station, says he had a feeling there was going to be a winner among his customers. Video by @deanmusgrove<\/a> for @PasStarNews<\/a> @SoCalNewsGroup<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/Mggu1oXG1X<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DoFiAxzCyN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Steven Rosenberg (@passthejoe) November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n