by Chad Petri
Published: Sun, January 04, 2009 - 8:46 pm CST
Last Updated: Sun, January 04, 2009 - 9:02 pm CST
With any luck, Sharon Gibbs is holding the winning Powerball ticket in her hands. She already knows what she wants to do with her winnings. “First I'd give 10% to the church then I'd give my family some then I'd go buy everything I ever wanted to buy,” says Gibbs. She's one of a number of people from Mobile walking in to this gas station near the Florida state line on the first day Powerball's available in the Sunshine State. She's even prepared an "I Quit" speech for work.
“I enjoyed working with you but I no longer need to work, I hit the Powerball,” says Gibbs. While all Alabama lotto fans disagree over how they'd spend their winnings, they all agree they’d like to see Alabama's own lottery, to help education. Sitting a table near the Powerball display, Paul Whiteurs carefully picks his numbers.
“In a lot of counties and a lot of cities education is kind of lacking and that's one of the things I know that money could go towards,” says Whiteurs.
Home Invasion, Escambia County, FL
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