Winner of $754.6 million Powerball Jackpot revealed in Washington state: ‘Imagine my shock’

The Washington state winner of last month’s $754.6 million Powerball Jackpot, the fifth largest prize in the lottery game’s history, has been revealed.

Becky Bell of Auburn, Washington, bought the lucky ticket at a local Fred Meyer grocery store on Feb. 5, according to a Friday news release from the Washington Lottery.

Bell, who is a longtime supply chain analyst for The Boeing Company, saw that the then-estimated jackpot was $747 million – just days after Boeing delivered its final 747 jumbo jet. She had already purchased one Powerball ticket, but the number inspired her to purchase a second.

That second ticket ended up being the sole winning ticket of the enormous $754.6 million jackpot for the Powerball’s Feb. 6 drawing. But she didn’t realize that she was the big winner right away.

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‘You can imagine my shock’

“I was working virtually the next day and getting ready for my 6:20 a.m. meeting, and I scrolled over the news widget, and it popped up and I saw a story about the winning ticket being sold in Auburn and thought, ‘That could be me,’” Bell said in the Washington Lottery’s news release.

After her meeting, she checked her tickets – and learned that her second ticket matched all six winning numbers.

“I’ve never won more than $20 in my life,” said Bell, adding that she called her children, sisters and mother to double-check the numbers several times. “You can imagine my shock when I realized what had just happened. I just broke down and cried.”