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Another billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, another big win for a SoCal immigrant-owned shop

The winning Powerball ticket worth $1.765 billion was sold in Frazier Park, marking the third billion-dollar jackpot won in Southern California in the last year.

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Brothers Johnny and Chris Khalil pose with lottery checks in their father’s Frazier Park store Thursday. The winning Powerball ticket worth $1.765 billion was sold at Midway Market & Liquor, earning the shop a $1-million prize.

Hours earlier, Khalil, 54, had learned the Powerball ticket that won its buyer a jackpot of $1.765 billion in Wednesday’s drawing was sold at Midway Market & Liquor, the Kern County shop he co-owns with his brother. The store will be awarded about $1 million for selling the winning ticket, according to California Lottery rules.

Khalil’s phone was abuzz Wednesday night with congratulations from friends and family as far as his home country of Syria.

Frazier Park, California - Wikipedia

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Frazier Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is 5 miles (8 km) west of Lebec,[3] at an elevation of 4,639 feet (1,414 m).[2] It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass.

The population was 2,592 in the 2020 census, down from 2,691 in 2010.