"She has been in a pool with people in the office," Newbill explained, "and she said, 'You gave us hope.'"
The win has also proved to be somewhat of an inspiration to the rancher's sister. "Of course, a little coffee got all over me after I saw what was starting to look like a win," Newbill admitted. He found out his ticket was a winner the following morning while enjoying his first coffee of the day. Newbill bought his winning ticket from Bandits Cafe in Redmond when he popped in for something to eat.
He also plans to install a new irrigation system and do some infrastructure upgrades on his 160 acre ranch in Powell Butte, Oregon. After state and federal taxes have been milked from the winnings he will have $34,000 to invest in his herd. Normally this would have secured a $10,000 prize, but Newbill added the Power Play option to his ticket, and the Power Play number was 5, so his prize was multiplied accordingly. Newbill's ticket matched four main numbers and the Powerball in the June 11, 2014, drawing. "We have about 100 head of cattle, and our family has been doing this for a long time." "I’m putting it into cows," Newbill said. New cars and houses are a popular purchasing choice with lottery winners, but rancher Tony Newbill has more unusual plans for his US Powerball prize.
Last year Camelot spent 12 months negotiating for the license to run the Pennsylvania State Lottery, but the deal fell through, potentially losing Camelot around $1.7 billion in profits.Ĭamelot Global Managing Director Alex Kovach said: "We are a relatively new entrant into the US market-a highly-regulated, political market that needs to be viewed and approached on a state-by-state basis."
In April the Camelot Group announced its intention to create a new division called Camelot Global that will provide consultancy and private management services to lotteries all over the world, but political resistance and regulatory issues have already thwarted the company's past attempts to attain licenses to run US state lotteries. Camelot has already advised the Texas, Massachusetts, and California state lotteries and has been working with the New York lottery since January this year.Ĭamelot has been running the UK lottery since its creation in 1994 and their present license allows them to continue doing so until 2023. Kentucky is not the first US state to seek the UK Lottery organizer's help. Kentucky Lottery Corporation President & CEO Arch Gleason said the lottery is hoping Camelot can help "identify priorities, issues and opportunities to increase sales, better serve retailers, improve efficiencies, reduce costs and increase net revenues for public benefit". The Kentucky (USA) state lottery is enlisting the help of the UK Lottery organizers, Camelot, to help get their flagging saves back on track.