Arizona isnt the only option. For nevadans looking for powerball tickets. Stores in california are selling them as well. And there are a few more near the state line than you might think. Our Team Coverage continues. With fox fives Ophelia Young live at the lotto store in primm. Powerball players are not messing around here got tickets early so they wont miss the 7 o clock deadline and lines are now only long. Further down the 15 there were no lines at all. But the last few days have been the best Business Days in years like in nipton. Nat train nipton california town of about 30 people 10 minutes off the 15. We like to say were conveniently located in the middle of nowhere. On an average day the nipton trading post gets about 40 customers over been pretty crazy with the lottery but we love the lottery. Thousands in line up to a four hour wait at times. The frenzy has been so big it doesnt say billions it says millions so i guess we cant really change it. The quaint little store cant k
Of this powerball maddness have meant thousands of nevadans flocking to the state borders, standing in line, and trying to pick those winning numbers. The real winner though, the Stores Selling these lotto tickets. Take a look. Its been a little bit crazy, were all on over drive, weve been having to Work Together as a team. The power ball frenzy has come to an end. At least for now after reaching a record breaking jackpot of more than 1. 5 billion dollars. At least one Winning Ticket has been reported in california. And there could still be more < nat one things for sure, the biggest lottery in u. S. History has been a huge win for border town businesses. We amped up our staff, we had friends, we had family, we had everybody come help us in this time when its just been crazy. Last stop in arizona says they saw at least 10 times their of customers in the last week alone. Many of them first time players. I saw last stop, passed by roseys, it was packed, turned back around and nipton cali
adlib adlib last week. A live interview here on fox5 went viral. Youve all seen it by now. The hookers and cocaine guy. Our Ophelia Young asked Isaac Carranza what he would do if he won powerball. He said hed buy a bunch of hookers and cocaine. Ahead of last nights Record Powerball drawing, tmz asked carranza again what he would do with all that cash. This time his answer was way sweeter. He said hed take care of his mother and improve his salinas, california. Ready for the plot twist. Carranza is a married army veteran with two children. He says he wasnt being serious during last weeks interview and that his wife understands his twisted sense of humor. A very sad Cassandra Jones joins us now with a quick look at the weather and your morning commute. Cass good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. It will be another freezing start to the day with a high of 55 degrees. We have a series of disturbances that will move through the area over the us some clouds, but now models are picking up
Nat train nipton california town of about 30 people 10 minutes off the 15. We like to say were conveniently located in the middle of nowhere. On an average day the nipton trading post gets about 40 customers over the last week its been pretty crazy with the lottery but we love the lottery. Theyve had thousands in line up to a four hour wait at times. The frenzy has been so big it doesnt say billions it says millions so i guess we cant really change it. The quaint little store cant keep up. I think were going to have to get a new sign its the most business nipton has seen since the lotto store in primm opened. Before then in the early 90s the nipton trading post says they were the largest retailer of lottery tickets in california. Nat since then theyve regular lotto players in Southern Nevada who drive right past primm another 20 minutes. Today nat of cash register. New players are finding them on the map. We stopped by primm and the line was serious long and we thought about it and we
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