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Gay Couple Gets Lucky Playing Powerball In California
They were one number away from a $348 million payout.
John Scroggs and his husband, Paul Robles, of Richmond, California, recently claimed $307,406 with a winning Powerball ticket. The East Bay couple matched five of the six numbers in the drawing—missing the red Powerball number—which meant they were just one number shy of winning the $348 million jackpot available at the time.
Scroggs discovered their good fortune when checking the results on a Check-A-Ticket machine.
“I immediately went kind of pale,” Scroggs...