Israeli woman wins Powerball on ticket bought in South Florida

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – A woman from Israel will be heading home with a bunch of extra cash after she hit for a $1 million prize playing Powerball while in Broward County.

Florida Lottery announced that Evelyne Hamama, 53, of Ramat Hasharon, Israel, won that prize playing the multistate draw game on Jan. 22.

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She bought her lucky ticket from Coconut Creek Shell, located at 6135 Lyons Road in Coconut Creek.

Hamama’s ticket matched all five white-ball numbers but not the Powerball that would have given her the jackpot.

The Shell station receives a $1,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.