#4 reader story of 2012: Powerball winners
Quaker 'Shipping 20' won Powerball jackpot in June; Bondurant couple won prize in October
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Workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, look on as their winning $241 million Powerball ticket is scanned at the Iowa Lottery headquarters, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer says one of the workers bought the winning ticket for the group for the June 13 drawing and the winnings will be split 20 ways.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Quaker Oats workers known as “The Shipping 20” won a $241 million Powerball jackpot in June, and a couple in Bondurant won a $202.1 million jackpot in October.
STORIES FROM THE YEAR:
- Oct. 10 — Iowa has another $1 million lottery prize winner
- Oct. 4 — Bondurant attorney, clinic assistant named winners of Powerball jackpot
- Oct. 3 — Another group of Quaker employees claims Powerball prize
- Sept. 27 — $202 million Powerball ticket sold in Bondurant, officials say
- July 6 — Lottery’s advice to winners: Enjoy fame, then lifetime security
- July 21 — Powerball winners’ names remain a mystery
- June 21 — Lawyer: Lottery winners to file privacy request
- June 20 — Quaker workers officially claim Powerball prize
- June 19 — $241M Powerball ticket to be presented in Iowa
- June 14 — Winning ticket purchased in Cedar Rapids
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