Chilton woman claims $1 million Powerball prize

CHILTON -- Monday, May 21st was pay day for Jeannette Sroka of Chilton. Sroka received a $1 million check after winning the Powerball drawing!

Sroka bought her winning Powerball ticket at the Kwik Trip gas station in Chilton, just north of her hometown of Malone.

After taxes, her lump sum winnings will be about $670,000 dollars. For selling the winning ticket, the Kwik Trip station won $20,000.

Sroka said she has been playing the same lottery numbers for about a year and a half. It took an extra day to find out she had won.

"I didn't actually find out until Thursday evening, watching the news. When they said there was a Powerball ticket in Chilton sold I got all excited because I knew those were my numbers that came up on the screen," Sroka said.

Sroka says she isn't quitting her job as a nurse after winning the lottery.

Two other $1 million tickets sold near Milwaukee haven't been claimed yet.

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