2017 Press Releases

37 Coworkers From Millsboro’s First Class HVAC Win $50,000 Playing POWERBALL^®

(DOVER, Del.) — Debbie Gordon, a 60-year-old office manager at First Class HVAC in Millsboro, Delaware, organized 37 of her coworkers to take a chance in the Wednesday, Aug. 23 POWERBALL^® drawing, which stood at an impressive $700 million. This was the first time that the employees played the Delaware Lottery as a group—and they must have had beginner’s luck because they won $50,000 after correctly matching four of the five white-ball numbers, plus the POWERBALL^®.

Gordon’s husband—and good luck charm—purchased 74 tickets for the group at Super G in Millsboro. Each person bought two tickets at $2 each, and one turned out to be a winner.

“I made copies of the tickets and left them at the office so that everyone could check the numbers on the night of the drawing,” Gordon said. “I didn’t believe it at first—I was so excited. I sent a mass text to everyone involved!” Afterward, her phone wouldn’t stop buzzing.

The majority of the players were from Delaware and a few were from Maryland. Gordon told Lottery officials that her fellow employees at First Class are “one big family.”

One of the technicians called her and asked, “Are you teasing us, Ms. Debbie?” Gordon told him, “I’m not a jokester. ...I love you guys too much to make this up!”

When Gordon claimed the prize at Lottery Headquarters on behalf of the group on Aug. 24, she told Lottery officials that she didn’t know what her coworkers were planning to do with the money, but she plans to put her share toward a house that she recently purchased. Gordon said she doesn’t know if the group will keep playing, but she would like to play again—and try for a bigger piece of the pie.

The winning numbers from the Aug. 23 drawing were 06, 07, 16, 23 and 26. The POWERBALL^® number was 04, and the Power Play number was 4x.

About the Delaware Lottery:
Since the start of operations in 1975, the Delaware Lottery has contributed more than $4.7 billion to the state’s General Fund to help finance needed state services that benefit everyone in Delaware. The Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALL®, MEGA MILLIONS®, HOT LOTTO®, MULTI-WIN LOTTO, LUCKY FOR LIFE®, PLAY 3, PLAY 4, Keno®, iGaming and assorted Instant Games, Video Lottery, Sports Lottery and Table Games. Delaware Lottery game and promotional details are available at delottery.com, at licensed locations, and from the Lottery’s office in Dover.

About POWERBALL®

POWERBALL® drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time, 9:59 p.m. Central Time, 8:59 p.m. Mountain Time and 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. For more information about POWERBALL® please visit www.powerball.com.

The 47 U.S. lotteries where POWERBALL® is available are: Arizona Lottery, Arkansas Lottery, California Lottery, Colorado Lottery, Connecticut Lottery Corporation, D.C. Lottery & CGCB, Delaware State Lottery, Florida Lottery, Georgia Lottery Corporation, Hoosier Lottery, Idaho Lottery, Illinois Lottery, Iowa Lottery, Kansas Lottery, Kentucky Lottery Corporation, Loteria Electronica de Puerto Rico, Louisiana Lottery Corporation, Maine Lottery, Maryland Lottery, Massachusetts Lottery, Michigan Lottery, Minnesota State Lottery, Missouri Lottery, Montana Lottery, Nebraska Lottery, New Hampshire Lottery Commission, New Jersey Lottery, New Mexico Lottery Authority, New York Lottery, North Carolina Education Lottery, North Dakota Lottery, Ohio Lottery, Oklahoma Lottery, Oregon Lottery, Pennsylvania Lottery, Rhode Island Lottery, South Carolina Education Lottery, South Dakota Lottery, Tennessee Education Lottery, Texas Lottery, U.S. Virgin Islands Lottery, Vermont Lottery, Virginia Lottery, Washington Lottery, Wisconsin Lottery, Wyoming Lottery, and the West Virginia Lottery. POWERBALL® is owned by the Multi-State Lottery Association, which is a government-benefit, nonprofit association owned and operated by 37 member lotteries.

POWERBALL® and Power Play® are registered trademarks of the Multi-State Lottery Association.

Winner Privacy is our Policy.
The Delaware Lottery only publishes winner names with their consent.