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UPDATE: Winner of $1M Powerball at Brookfield Store Identified

A 26-year-old West Allis woman was identified as the recipient of the $1 million winning Powerball ticket sold at a Brookfield Pick 'n Save.

A 26-year-old West Allis woman has come forward to claim her $1 million winning Powerball ticket purchased at a Brookfield grocery store.

Christy Stanczak had all five numbers but not the Powerball in Saturday night's drawing with a $336 million jackpot. After taxes, she would earn $672,000, state lottery officials said Tuesday.

The $1 million ticket was sold at the at 15170 W. Greenfield Ave. The winning numbers were 1, 10, 37, 52 and 57, and Powerball was 11.

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Matching the five numbers without the Powerball previously would have been worth $200,000. But when Powerball became a $2 game last month, such tickets now are worth $1 million.

Patch media partner Fox6now.com reporter Justin Williams filed this video report from the Brookfield Pick 'n Save.

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A winning ticket in Rhode Island matched all five plus the Powerball Saturday night to claim the $336 million dollar jackpot.

Stanczak must claim the prize at the Lottery's headquarters in Madison within 180 days of Saturday's drawing. The Powerball jackpot returns to $40 million for Wednesday's drawing.

Though a mere pittance compared to a $1 million payout, . Bill Smalls of Brookfield won $10,000 in December with winning scratch-off football tickets at , 17630 W. Blue Mound Rd., and a Brookfield woman won a 60-inch, high-definition, 3D television worth $5,000 for a winning scratch-off at the , 2205 N. Calhoun Rd in Brookfield.


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