#powerball $1 MILLION Powerball® Prize Shared by 14 Kimberly-Clark Workers

July 17th, 2014

A group of 14 co-workers from the Kimberly-Clark plant in Beech Island are splitting a $1 MILLION Powerball® prize won in last Wednesday night's drawing.

After taxes, each winner's take home is approximately $48,500.

Group spokesman David Adams, of Warrenville, accepted the check on behalf of the group that formed a year and a half ago. He says each member of the "Process Specialist Retirement Fund" contributes $5 a week for 35 chances at a Powerball® jackpot.

Adams purchased the winning ticket, a quick pick, and those that came before it from the 3 Way Food Mart 6 on Pinelog Rd. in Warrenville. The store received a $10,000 commission for selling the ticket that successfully matched four white ball numbers and the red Powerball® number on Wednesday, July 2 (8 - 18 - 45 - 53 - 58, PB: 35).

One-by-one the fellows found out at work they won $1 million.

"We took the ticket around to all the guys, and we just kept checking the numbers over and over again," said Adams. "We were taking pictures and high-fiving."

Excitement spilled over to Facebook, where one member posted a photo of the ticket to show everyone what a million dollar win looks like.

Adams is the youngest of the group at 48 and the oldest is 63. Many of the men have worked for 30 years or more and played hoping to win enough to retire. For now plans are to take vacations, pay off homes, cover college tuition costs, and one guy's buying a race car.

Membership is close in the "Process Specialist Retirement Fund" pool.

"It's just us guys, and we're a tight knit group," said Adams.

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