One of two winning Lotto tickets from Port St. Lucie

By Allyson Bird
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 21, 2006

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Cumberland Farms store on Floresta Drive was a revolving door of media and frequent customers who had heard the news Thursday morning that one lucky Florida Lottery player bought the winning ticket there.

By 11:30 a.m., store clerk Keri Frosch stopped curious people short and just said with a smile, "No, we don't know who it is."

But she does know that receipts show about 4,000 people bought tickets Wednesday night alone.

"When it's that high it happens," Frosch said, referring to high ticket sales. "When it goes up to $82 million, forget it."

The small store, tucked away in a strip mall across the street from Floresta Elementary School, was packed with customers at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Many appeared to have stopped on their way home from work to pick up tickets. The line at times stretched to the back of the store, while customers chatted about the odds of winning.