It pays to babysit! WI grandparents visiting Louisiana win $1 million Powerball!

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Sometimes it pays to babysit.

A Wisconsin couple visiting Louisiana to babysit their grandchildren last week went home with a nice paycheck — a million dollars.

Lottery officials say 57-year-old Donald Marek and his wife, JoAnn, of Frederic, Wisconsin, bought a Quick PickPowerball lottery ticket at a RaceTrac convenience store in Slidell. The ticket had five of the numbers drawn May 21, but missed the red Powerball number. The numbers drawn were: 4, 20, 34, 39, 58 and Powerball 31.

After state and federal taxes were withheld, the Mareks walked away with $700,000.

Donald Marek says he plans to put the money toward retirement.

The store received a one-time selling bonus of $10,000, or 1 percent of the prize.