Oswego Store Sells Winning $50K Powerball Ticket

OSWEGO, IL — An Oswego store will receive a $500 bonus after selling a winning Quick Pick Powerball ticket worth $50,000.

Joliet resident Richard Giemzik won the $50,000 Powerball prize by matching four numbers plus the Powerball. The winning numbers were – 01 - 28 - 33 - 55 - 56 – and the Powerball number was 22.

“I plan to put my winnings in the bank for now,” Giemzik said when he presented his Powerball ticket at the Illinois Lottery Prize Center in Des Plaines, according to a news release from the Illinois Lottery.

He bought his winning ticket at Bucky’s Express, 6551 Route 34, in Oswego. The retailer received a bonus of $500, one percent of the prize amount, for selling a winning ticket.

photo via the Illinois Lottery