$365M Powerball Winner to Come Forward Wednesday

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 posted 01:10 AM EST

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Lottery officials have booked a hotel meeting room for a press conference announcing the holder of the record $365 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Lincoln.

Now all they need is the winner.

As of Tuesday, nearly three days after the winning numbers were announced, no one had stepped forward to claim the prize.

But the rumors and speculation were abundant.

The Lincoln Journal Star said on its Web site that "sources close to the situation have confirmed" the winning ticket was held by a group of at least seven workers at a local meatpacking plant.

One rumor pegged the winner as a truck driver from Colorado who stopped Friday at the U Stop convenience store that sold the winning ticket.

Another rumor turned out to be a hoax.

On Monday, a man who said he was an unemployed trucker from Omaha named Bob Pagano showed up flashing cash at Lincoln a local Village Inn restaurant, claimed he was the winner and bought everybody in the place dinner.

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