Winning lottery ticket purchased at Scotchman store.
For the GPM Investments LLC-owned Scotchman at 359 Whiteville Road, Shallotte, N.C., luck was in store.
There, a customer purchased one of the winning Powerball tickets with a jackpot worth $564 million, the third-largest Powerball prize ever and the fifth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Winning tickets were sold in North Carolina, Texas and Puerto Rico. The winner, who has not yet come forward, will split the jackpot, roughly getting $188 million.
“We are so very excited for the lucky Scotchman customer who will enjoy this big win! And we could not be more pleased that the ticket was purchased in one of our stores,” said Bill Reilly, GPM’s senior vice president of marketing.
GPM Investments LLC is one of the largest privately-owned companies in the convenience store channel of business. Earlier this month, GPM Investments purchased eight One Stop Stores in North and South Carolina, which were previously owned by Arey Oil. The stores are currently being rebranded as Scotchman. In addition to these eight stores, as well as the planned acquisitions of 43 convenience stores from Road Ranger L.L.C. and of 163 convenience stores from VPS Convenience Store Group LLC., which was previously announced, GPM will widen its reach to over 800 stores in a total of 14 states. GPM operates under highly recognizable brand names including Fas Mart, Shore Stop, Scotchman Stores, Young’s, Li’l Cricket and BreadBox.