Former NFL Player’s Family Cashes in a Million on $2.04 Billion Powerball Ticket
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The Powerball is the famous American lottery that has been going on for several years. The contest is played across 45 states and each ticket costs $2. On November 8, Powerball announced the largest-ever Powerball Jackpot at $2.9 Billion. The NFL family is directly connected with how this transaction occurred.
The store that sold the winning ticket for the record-breaking jackpot is owned by a former NFL and Cincinnati Bengals player’s father-in-law. Domata Peko Sr.’s father-in-law also got a taste of the treats in the big win.
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Domata played for the Bengals for most of his career. The nose tackle took to Twitter as he congratulated his father-in-law. His father-in-law got a piece of the cake as he received winnings worth $1 million. Joe Chahayed’s store, ‘Joe’s Service Center’ was key in the coming of the winner. Having sold the ticket that had all the winning numbers, Joe was the lucky one behind these winnings.
Congratulations Baba Chahayed!!! Alexa play A Mili by @LilTunechi 🙌🙌 blessed https://t.co/r8aVPN5xVi
— domatapeko (@DomataPeko) November 9, 2022
Joe’s service center has sold tickets in the past that have been lucky too, but none of the tickets has been of the magnitude of this. He has seen winnings in four digits at $8000 & $9000, but this one was something absolutely ridiculous for him. While the winner remains undisclosed, they have a year to accept their winning prize. Chahayed believes it’s going to be someone from their local region.
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Joe Chahayed said they have sold some winning tickets before. Super Lotto, Fantasy 5. He recalled there was a ticket worth $8,000 to $9,000. He believes the winner is a local.
"I'm pretty sure it's someone from the neighborhood," he said.— Ruby Gonzales (@RubyGonzales2) November 8, 2022
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Peko played with the Bengals for 11 seasons. He was drafted by Cincinnati in the 2006 draft. The defenseman that grew up in American Samoa is of Samoan heritage. He also had a run with the Broncos. He even played for the Baltimore Ravens and the Arizona Cardinals.
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The 37-year-old played his last game with the Ravens in 2020. Throughout his career, he has acquired a hefty wealth of $47 million from his multiple stints with different teams.
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The Peko family is quite the footballing family, with his brother playing collegiate football and his cousin playing alongside him on the Broncos. With everyone having successful careers, money wouldn’t have been a problem in the family. Though the million-dollar cheque is a huge fortune, it won’t make his father-in-law retire just as yet.
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