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Powerball Winner

Aired December 26, 2002 - 06:32   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: I want to get back to that nearly $350 million jackpot now. The winning Powerball ticket was purchased by one person in West Virginia.
We want to go live to Hurricane, West Virginia, is that correct, to the store owner who sold the winning ticket, Larry Trogdon.

Good morning. Larry, are you there?

LARRY TROGDON, STORE OWNER: Yes, I'm here.

COSTELLO: OK, tell us what your store's name is, first off.

TROGDON: It's C&L Superserve.

COSTELLO: And is it a tiny, little place?

TROGDON: Not too small, not real big.

COSTELLO: Not so small, not real big. Did you expect to sell the winning ticket?

TROGDON: No, I didn't expect to.

COSTELLO: How many tickets did you sell?

TROGDON: I think she sold 800 tickets.

COSTELLO: Eight hundred tickets.

TROGDON: Yes.

COSTELLO: That's not very many tickets to sell either.

TROGDON: No.

COSTELLO: And you have the winning ticket. So, how much money do you get?

TROGDON: One-hundred thousand.

COSTELLO: One-hundred thousand dollars. Boy, that must be a good Christmas present for you.

TROGDON: Oh, yes, that's good.

COSTELLO: Do you know who the winner is? TROGDON: No, I sure don't.

COSTELLO: You don't.

TROGDON: No.

COSTELLO: You have regular customers, though, I'll bet.

TROGDON: Yes, we do.

COSTELLO: Yes, you do. Tell us about the town of Hurricane, and if you think it was purchased there, because I guess someone could have come from out of state to your store to purchase it, right?

TROGDON: Yes. Well, we're off the interstate about two miles, so we're probably a local -- mostly local people.

COSTELLO: Oh, so, it's probably a local winner. So, tell us about the town of Hurricane.

TROGDON: Well, we're right out of the town of Hurricane. We're right on Route 34 in between Hurricane and -- so, we're right at close about two miles from Hurricane.

COSTELLO: Is it mostly a rural place? How many people are in your town?

TROGDON: Oh, it's -- yes, it's a pretty big place. I mean, it's a rural...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to put this thing in your ear.

TROGDON: OK.

COSTELLO: Go ahead.

TROGDON: More residential area, people -- local people.

COSTELLO: It's safe to say it's a small town, though, when you compare it to like, let's say -- oh, I don't know -- Chicago, Huntington.

TROGDON: Oh, yes.

COSTELLO: Yes.

TROGDON: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, so, somebody wins $350 million and lives in your town, what will that be like?

TROGDON: That would be great for them.

COSTELLO: Maybe it will be great for the town, too. You think they'll build a big, new house and all that kind of stuff?

TROGDON: Oh, yes. They'd own (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

COSTELLO: Oh, yes. What are you going to do with your $100,000?

TROGDON: I have no idea at this time.

COSTELLO: You're just stunned by it all, aren't you?

TROGDON: Yes.

COSTELLO: I didn't catch what you said, I'm sorry.

TROGDON: I said, yes.

COSTELLO: Yes, you are.

OK, we have somebody else from West Virginia, and I didn't hear my -- Chris Slemp, and you are from WCHS radio.

CHRIS SLEMP, WCHA RADIO, CHARLESTON: Yes, ma'am.

COSTELLO: Hi.

SLEMP: Hi. How are you?

COSTELLO: I'm fine. How are you doing this morning?

SLEMP: Fine. I actually live in Hurricane myself.

COSTELLO: You do?

SLEMP: Yes.

COSTELLO: Well, you tell us how big Hurricane is.

SLEMP: Well, Hurricane is actually a bedroom community for folks -- mostly folks who work in either Charleston or Huntington. It's just a suburb -- basically, a suburb area that started out as a farming community, and in the past 10 to 15 years, has really built up as a residential community. There are 5,000 to 10,000 people, I would say, that live in that area.

COSTELLO: Gotcha. So, are you surprised that the winning ticket was sold right there?

SLEMP: Really I am. In fact, I never, ever play the lottery, but Christmas Eve, my wife and I were out driving around looking at the lights with our kids, and when we went in to get a cup of coffee at a store, and I said, you know, why don't we just buy one? And she said, OK. So, I bought one, and she threw it in the glove box.

So, on the way into work this morning, I was listening to a station out of Nashville, and they announced that the winning ticket was sold here, and I just about wrecked digging into the glove box trying to find that ticket. I...

COSTELLO: So, did you win anything? SLEMP: It was not me. Had it been me, you wouldn't have been talking to me right now.

COSTELLO: Yes, I can understand that.

SLEMP: I do know where the C&L Superserve is. I've shopped there myself. I stop in there once in a while. I didn't really know -- I didn't know what the name of it was, but once I talked to the owner this morning, then I knew exactly where it was, and I'm a regular customer there.

COSTELLO: Well, he seems kind of stunned by this. He said he only sold 800 tickets, which really isn't very many in the grand scheme of things.

SLEMP: Well, it probably would be for that area. But when the Powerball jackpot here in West Virginia, when it gets up over, say, $100 million, people really start to pick up in their buying, although the odds don't change that much, or they don't change at all. You still have the same odds of winning. But for some reason, it generates...

COSTELLO: Yes, 1 in 120 million.

SLEMP: ... more media attention, and people just -- I guess it's worth $1 to try to win 100 million rather than 1 million.

COSTELLO: I bet everybody is trying to guess who is the winning person.

SLEMP: Well, that's the $315 million question this morning. They have 60 days actually to come forward, so if it were me, I would not come forward this morning. I would talk to a financial advisor, and I would get all of my ducks in a row before I came out, because you know that all of those people that you just remotely knew over your life will probably be calling you up looking for a loan.

COSTELLO: Oh, you've got that right. Chris Slump, thanks for joining us this morning on DAYBREAK. We appreciate it.

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Aired December 26, 2002 - 06:32   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: I want to get back to that nearly $350 million jackpot now. The winning Powerball ticket was purchased by one person in West Virginia.
We want to go live to Hurricane, West Virginia, is that correct, to the store owner who sold the winning ticket, Larry Trogdon.

Good morning. Larry, are you there?

LARRY TROGDON, STORE OWNER: Yes, I'm here.

COSTELLO: OK, tell us what your store's name is, first off.

TROGDON: It's C&L Superserve.

COSTELLO: And is it a tiny, little place?

TROGDON: Not too small, not real big.

COSTELLO: Not so small, not real big. Did you expect to sell the winning ticket?

TROGDON: No, I didn't expect to.

COSTELLO: How many tickets did you sell?

TROGDON: I think she sold 800 tickets.

COSTELLO: Eight hundred tickets.

TROGDON: Yes.

COSTELLO: That's not very many tickets to sell either.

TROGDON: No.

COSTELLO: And you have the winning ticket. So, how much money do you get?

TROGDON: One-hundred thousand.

COSTELLO: One-hundred thousand dollars. Boy, that must be a good Christmas present for you.

TROGDON: Oh, yes, that's good.

COSTELLO: Do you know who the winner is? TROGDON: No, I sure don't.

COSTELLO: You don't.

TROGDON: No.

COSTELLO: You have regular customers, though, I'll bet.

TROGDON: Yes, we do.

COSTELLO: Yes, you do. Tell us about the town of Hurricane, and if you think it was purchased there, because I guess someone could have come from out of state to your store to purchase it, right?

TROGDON: Yes. Well, we're off the interstate about two miles, so we're probably a local -- mostly local people.

COSTELLO: Oh, so, it's probably a local winner. So, tell us about the town of Hurricane.

TROGDON: Well, we're right out of the town of Hurricane. We're right on Route 34 in between Hurricane and -- so, we're right at close about two miles from Hurricane.

COSTELLO: Is it mostly a rural place? How many people are in your town?

TROGDON: Oh, it's -- yes, it's a pretty big place. I mean, it's a rural...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to put this thing in your ear.

TROGDON: OK.

COSTELLO: Go ahead.

TROGDON: More residential area, people -- local people.

COSTELLO: It's safe to say it's a small town, though, when you compare it to like, let's say -- oh, I don't know -- Chicago, Huntington.

TROGDON: Oh, yes.

COSTELLO: Yes.

TROGDON: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, so, somebody wins $350 million and lives in your town, what will that be like?

TROGDON: That would be great for them.

COSTELLO: Maybe it will be great for the town, too. You think they'll build a big, new house and all that kind of stuff?

TROGDON: Oh, yes. They'd own (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

COSTELLO: Oh, yes. What are you going to do with your $100,000?

TROGDON: I have no idea at this time.

COSTELLO: You're just stunned by it all, aren't you?

TROGDON: Yes.

COSTELLO: I didn't catch what you said, I'm sorry.

TROGDON: I said, yes.

COSTELLO: Yes, you are.

OK, we have somebody else from West Virginia, and I didn't hear my -- Chris Slemp, and you are from WCHS radio.

CHRIS SLEMP, WCHA RADIO, CHARLESTON: Yes, ma'am.

COSTELLO: Hi.

SLEMP: Hi. How are you?

COSTELLO: I'm fine. How are you doing this morning?

SLEMP: Fine. I actually live in Hurricane myself.

COSTELLO: You do?

SLEMP: Yes.

COSTELLO: Well, you tell us how big Hurricane is.

SLEMP: Well, Hurricane is actually a bedroom community for folks -- mostly folks who work in either Charleston or Huntington. It's just a suburb -- basically, a suburb area that started out as a farming community, and in the past 10 to 15 years, has really built up as a residential community. There are 5,000 to 10,000 people, I would say, that live in that area.

COSTELLO: Gotcha. So, are you surprised that the winning ticket was sold right there?

SLEMP: Really I am. In fact, I never, ever play the lottery, but Christmas Eve, my wife and I were out driving around looking at the lights with our kids, and when we went in to get a cup of coffee at a store, and I said, you know, why don't we just buy one? And she said, OK. So, I bought one, and she threw it in the glove box.

So, on the way into work this morning, I was listening to a station out of Nashville, and they announced that the winning ticket was sold here, and I just about wrecked digging into the glove box trying to find that ticket. I...

COSTELLO: So, did you win anything? SLEMP: It was not me. Had it been me, you wouldn't have been talking to me right now.

COSTELLO: Yes, I can understand that.

SLEMP: I do know where the C&L Superserve is. I've shopped there myself. I stop in there once in a while. I didn't really know -- I didn't know what the name of it was, but once I talked to the owner this morning, then I knew exactly where it was, and I'm a regular customer there.

COSTELLO: Well, he seems kind of stunned by this. He said he only sold 800 tickets, which really isn't very many in the grand scheme of things.

SLEMP: Well, it probably would be for that area. But when the Powerball jackpot here in West Virginia, when it gets up over, say, $100 million, people really start to pick up in their buying, although the odds don't change that much, or they don't change at all. You still have the same odds of winning. But for some reason, it generates...

COSTELLO: Yes, 1 in 120 million.

SLEMP: ... more media attention, and people just -- I guess it's worth $1 to try to win 100 million rather than 1 million.

COSTELLO: I bet everybody is trying to guess who is the winning person.

SLEMP: Well, that's the $315 million question this morning. They have 60 days actually to come forward, so if it were me, I would not come forward this morning. I would talk to a financial advisor, and I would get all of my ducks in a row before I came out, because you know that all of those people that you just remotely knew over your life will probably be calling you up looking for a loan.

COSTELLO: Oh, you've got that right. Chris Slump, thanks for joining us this morning on DAYBREAK. We appreciate it.

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