Levittown Man Wins Massive $33 Million Powerball Jackpot
A Bristol Township man was the purchaser of the $50 million jackpot Powerball ticket sold in early December in Fairless Hills.
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Roger Custer came forward Friday as Levittown’s newest multimillionaire.
The Stonybrook section of Bristol Township resident publicly accepted a check for $33,134,526.18 after state officials announced he was the winner of the Dec. 5 Powerball drawing.
“The best part about winning the Powerball jackpot is being able to take care of my family,” the retired Custer said in a statement. “It’s a good feeling to know that my family will never have to worry.”
Custer said he purchased the lucky ticket at Levittown News & Tobacco in Fairless Hills when he was shopping for supplies for a hunting trip.
The massive jackpot isn’t all Custer won at the store.
“I won $5 on the instant ticket and gave it to my wife. I kept the Powerball tickets in my wallet during the 5 days I was hunting,” he said.
“After I got back, a friend mentioned that the jackpot-winning ticket was sold nearby and I jokingly said, ‘I’m the winner.’ I went home, handed the ticket to my wife and said, ‘Check this and tell me how many millions we’ve won.’”
Custer’s wife began to cry and said he better not be kidding when she checked the numbers of the winning ticket.
While rumors that an employee of V & S Pizza in Fairless Hills won the Powerball prize spread throughout the town, Custer began to tell immediate family he was the real winner.
The ticket was validated Friday at the headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County after Custer brought it in.
Rocky and Naina Raina, the owners of Levittown News & Tobacco will get a $100,000 prize from the Powerball jackpot and said they plan to share the money with friends, family and customers.
Rocky said at the time he believed the owner was a local resident.
When the news that the ticket was sold from the shop was announced on Dec. 6, customers flocked to the store to purchase Powerball tickets and congratulate the owners.
Just 16 jackpot-winning tickets have in sold in Pennsylvania since the state joined the Powerball, including Custer’s winning ticket.
Officials said the other most recent full jackpot-winning ticket sold to a group of SEPTA employees in April 2012 drawing. The group split a $107.5 million cash prize. Several of the winners were from Bucks County.
The awarding of the prize is set to change the life of the Custer family from here on out.
Custer said in a release that the prize will allow him to do a lot more hunting and fishing.
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concerned citizen
8:51 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
A man who murders innocent animals is the winner of the lottery that is not right! He should donate money ro the animal shelters nad sanctuarys since that is the main reason he went to the store in the first place! I dont think he deserves to win anything in my oppinion.
levi99
10:09 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Give me a break, you're just bitter you didn't win. Jealousy looks good on no one.
Betty
4:56 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Can not believe someone wouldn't wish Mr . & Mrs. Custer Good Luck on the winning of the ticket He and his family will never have to worry about money. Good Luck Folks on you windfall.
Mami
10:21 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
I can't believe someone would actually leave a comment that ridiculous .
ray
11:50 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Bahaha. Hunting is how the world was meant to eat. Shuuuuuuut up!!
Elliek
12:38 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
So glad to finally know who won!! Congratulations and Best Wishes!!
concerned citizen
9:16 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Where in my comment do you see jealousy? I said I dont like murderers who have to brag about it and get a reward like that. And anyone that purposely kills innocent animals is a murderer. And yes I feel bad for the farm animals too. And hunting is not how the world eats just barbaric hunters who like to kill for fun.
Tom
10:04 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Hey do you want to come over for dinner concerned citizen? I have a freezer stuffed with deer, ducks, rabbits, and geese. I can cook you up a really good meal. Everything we HARVEST (not KILL) goes on the dinner plate for us and our families to eat. Roger does the same. He is the most respectful outdoorsman I've ever known and its a pleasure when I do hunt and fish with him. If you have a problem with us HARVESTING anaimals to EAT you better damn well be a vegetarian because if you eat meat from a food store, you're more wrong than us. The anaimals we harvest lived good healthy FREE lives and were not raised in a square box just to be pumped full
Of chemicals to be killed. You need to take your business somewhere else my friends. You're fighting a loosing battle
Joe Mastropietro
2:09 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
CONGRATS TO THE WINNER ! HAPPY FOR YA !
TO "CONCERNED CITIZEN" YOU ARE A COMPLETE DOUCHE NOZZLE. I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON A CARROT .
Bob
11:21 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
Any animal that eats and destroys my garden is guilty and deserves to be eaten.
concerned citizen
5:40 pm on Monday, December 24, 2012
Any human that destroys an animals habitat should be eaten by the animals that lived there.Bunch of FUDDheads with guns who deserve nothing. And theres food at the store go there we dont need you shooting the animals cause you think you are doing the world a favor, Right Joey and boob(sp)and tom and roger and ray
Jeanne laughlin
5:37 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
So I guess you only eat meat from animals that commit Suicide, or that are killed by fairy dust, and unicorn breath. Idiot tree hugger
Jamal Hassen
1:31 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Jamal Hassen i filt win lotor