Nashua Jordan’s Furniture Workers Win $1M Powerball Prize

CONCORD, NH — A million dollars can buy a lot of furniture. Store merchandise could be among the things on the purchase list for 30 employees from Jordan’s Furniture in Nashua who claimed a $1 million Powerball prize at New Hampshire Lottery headquarters Wednesday morning in Concord. More than a dozen of the employees showed up for a press conference to accept the prize from Saturday’s jackpot.

The workers went in on a pool of tickets, with each putting in $2. Each of the employees will receive about $33,000.

“If we can do this it’s a no-brainer the Red Sox can throw a no-hitter,” one of the winners said, referring to a past Jordan’s promotion.

The winning ticket was sold across the street at the Cumberland Farms on Daniel Webster Highway.

The employees said at the press conference that they did not even know they had won until they checked the ticket the next day.

Lottery officials also announced that Michael Gallagher, of Nashua, claimed a $50,000 winning ticket from Saturday’s drawing. That was purchased at the Hannaford Supermarket on Coliseum Avenue in Nashua.

The New Hampshire Lottery is projecting the Powerball jackpot will reach $750 million for Wednesday’s drawing, which would make it the fourth-largest lottery jackpot on record and the third-largest Powerball jackpot in history. The one-time cash payout is expected to be $465.5 million.