Lafayette Lottery Winners: 20 Coworkers to Split $420M Powerball Jackpot

NASHVILLE, TN — A group of 20 co-workers are the winners of the $421 million Powerball jackpot on a ticket sold in Lafayette.

The employees of the North American Stamping Group in Portland play the lottery twice a week, buying at least 60 tickets and usually rolling any of their winnings into the next drawing. While they said they would be playing again, they aren't investing the $254.7 million lump sum this time around.

Each of the 20 will take home about $12.7 million. The total revenues for North American Stamping Group were about $103 million in 2015.

One of the group said at a press conference at Tennessee Lottery headquarters that the company's president asked if all 20 would be quitting immediately. While some of the employees are indeed taking early retirement, all promised their boss they would stay on long enough to train replacements.

"This money is going to be a blessing for so many people," one of the winners said, noting that while all would be spending some on themselves, all also had charity plans for some of the cash.

And at least one of them has some auto repairs to make.

"I was on my way home (from Nashville) last night and my 'Check Engine' light came on. I don't have to get frantic about that anymore," the man said.

This is the sixth time the winning Powerball ticket was sold in Tennessee and is the 200th time a Tennessee ticket netted at least $1 million. The ticket was sold at the Smoke Shop on Scottsville Road in Lafayette; the store receives a $25,000 bonus for selling the winner.

The prize is the second-largest in Tennessee Lottery history. In January, a family from Mumford won $528 million, splitting the record $1.58 billion jackpot with winners from California and Florida.

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