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Updated Nov 29, 2012 - 1:38 pm

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By Jim Cross
Originally published: Nov 29, 2012 - 12:00 pm

Bob Chebat stands behind the counter at the 4 Sons Food Store where a winning Powerball ticket was sold on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Fountain Hills, Ariz. (Bob McClay/KTAR)

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A Fountain Hills store manager is hoping for a little reward after his store sold a Powerball jackpot ticket.

Bob Chebat is the general manager at 4 Sons in Fountain Hills, where the winning powerball ticket was sold. He said it's crazy to find out his shop helped someone become a multi-millionaire and he hopes they leave him a nice tip.

"You have people who say they're gonna throw something at you if they win it and it's time to see if that's gonna come true," he said.

Chebat said he has no idea who the winner is.

"None. I have no clue."

Arizona Lottery Director of Budget, Products and Communications Karen Bach speaks during a news conference Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Lottery held the news conference to announce that the Arizona Lottery Powerball jackpot winning ticket has been claimed by an unidentified Arizona man. The $587.5 million jackpot is the largest in Powerball history and will be shared by co-winners Mark and Cindy Hill from Missouri. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona Lottery Director of Budget, Products and Communications Karen Bach speaks as Arizona Lottery Executive Director Jeff Hatch-Miller, right, listens during a news conference Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Lottery held the news conference to announce that the Arizona Lottery Powerball jackpot winning ticket has been claimed by an unidentified Arizona man. The $587.5 million jackpot is the largest in Powerball history and will be shared by co-winners Mark and Cindy Hill from Missouri. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona Lottery Director of Budget, Products and Communications Karen Bach, left, and Arizona Lottery Executive Director Jeff Hatch-Miller stand next to an enlargement of the winning $587.5 Million Powerball ticket, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 during a news conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Lottery held the news conference to announce that the Arizona Lottery Powerball jackpot winning ticket has been claimed by an unidentified Arizona man. The $587.5 million jackpot is the largest in Powerball history and will be shared by co-winners Mark and Cindy Hill from Missouri. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona Lottery Executive Director Jeff Hatch-Miller stands next to an enlargement of the winning $587.5 Million Powerball ticket, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Lottery held a news conference to announce that the Arizona Lottery Powerball jackpot winning ticket has been claimed by an unidentified Arizona man. The $587.5 million jackpot is the largest in Powerball history and will be shared by co-winners Mark and Cindy Hill from Missouri. (AP Photo/Matt York)

An Arizona Lottery podium is shown before the Arizona Powerball winner is announced. (Twitter photo/@RebeccaPhxTV)

Bob Chebat shows the machine at the 4 Sons Food Store where a winning Powerball ticket was sold on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Fountain Hills, Ariz. (Bob McClay/KTAR)

Bob Chebat stands behind the counter at the 4 Sons Food Store where a winning Powerball ticket was sold on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Fountain Hills, Ariz. (Bob McClay/KTAR)

The day after the record Powerball lottery numbers were drawn, Tanice Stefanich, a cashier at a 4 Sons Food Store, reacts Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to all the attention of shoppers and the media, where one of the winning lottery tickets in the $579.9 million Powerball jackpot was purchased in Fountain Hills, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Karen Bach, Director of Budget, Products and Communications of the Arizona Lottery, announces during a news conference that one of the winning tickets in the $579.9 million Powerball jackpot was purchased in Fountain Hills, Ariz., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Phoenix.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

A customer enters Trex Mart as members of the news media gather in Dearborn, Mo., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Trex Mart sold one of last night's winning Powerball tickets. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Owner's son Baron Hartell stands with Missouri Lottery officials while news trucks pull into Trex Mart in Dearborn, Mo., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Trex Mart sold one of last night's winning Powerball tickets. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Powerball numbers are chosen in the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Powerball on-air talent Sam Arlen speaks as the red powerball is drawn at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Powerball on-air talent Sam Arlen, right, is given a countdown before the start of the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Powerball on-air talent Sam Arlen, center, prepares to preside over the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

As he hands over a customer's lottery ticket, Keith Ganatra, right, and his wife Anita Ganatra, left, owners of the Del Monte Market, help the long line of customers inside their store waiting to buy Powerball lottery tickets Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Phoenix. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot has already reached a record level for the game of over $550 million. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Ceejay Johnson, 48, of Southfield, Mich., gives her Powerball ticket numbers at Andrews Downtown in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Tonight's Powerball total is an estimated 500 million dollar jackpot. Johnson who normally doesn't play the lottery said, "somebodys got to win, why not me". (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Donna Fields picks her Powerball numbers in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Fields picked two sets of numbers off the top of her head and two easy picks in tonight's Powerball total with an estimated 500 million dollar jackpot. Fields said, "If I won I would take care of God first, then my family and do some traveling, and oh yeah, quit my job." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Kyle, an undergraduate college student majoring in mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University who did not wish to give his last name, picks his Powerball numbers in a convenience store across the street from the University's main campus in Baltimore, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. There have been no Powerball winners since Oct. 6, and the jackpot has grown into the second highest in lottery history, behind only the $656 million Mega Millions prize in March. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Store clerk Keyur Patel pulls a Powerball ticket that was dispensed from a machine in a convenience store in Baltimore, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. There have been no Powerball winners since Oct. 6, and the jackpot has grown into the second highest in lottery history, behind only the $656 million Mega Millions prize in March. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Pat Powell, 30, of Atlanta, buys a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Atlanta. "I think my odds are zero to zero," says Powell "I don't think I'm going to win but I'll just join the hype. If I did win, I'd open up my own business, an internet café in the West Indies and have a learning center here in Georgia. I'll invest and try to be as smart with it as I can with it. I will say for the past 3 days, for whatever reason, I've been thinking about winning this money and what I'd do with it. There's no ritual but it's just been on my mind so it's like, let me just join the hype and just do it." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Shawn Whittington hands Powerball tickets to a customer at a 7-Eleven convenience store Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. The estimated jackpot for tonight's drawing is $550 million. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Robert C. Baughn, 32, of Chicago displays his Powerball tickets he purchased at a BP gas station Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in Calumet Park, Ill. Baughn, who works for the Chicago Transit Authority, says he doesn't normally play the lottery but was lured by the $500-plus million dollar jackpot. If he wins he says he will give back to his community and his loved ones. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Retired Dr. Paul Kruzel kisses his lottery ticket for luck after buying it at the Canterbury Country Store Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in Canterbury, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

A crowd of people consisting of residents from California and Nevada lines up outside the Arizona Last Stop convenience store and souvenir shop to buy Powerball tickets, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in White Hills, Ariz. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot already has reached a record level for the game. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Arizona Last Stop shop employees sell Powerball tickets to customers who waited in line for more than an hour, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in White Hills, Ariz. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot already has reached a record level for the game... $500 million. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

A crowd of people line up outside the Arizona Last Stop convenience store and souvenir shop to buy Powerball tickets, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in White Hills, Ariz. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot already has reached a record level for the game. Already over $500 million, it is the second-highest jackpot in lottery history, behind only the $656 million Mega Millions prize in March. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

A crowd, consisting of residents from California and Nevada, lines up outside the Arizona Last Stop convenience store and souvenir shop to buy Powerball tickets, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in White Hills, Ariz. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot already has reached a record level for the game of over $500 million. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Cashier Farah Husain hands a customer a Powerball ticket at a convenience store Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 in Richmond, Va. The powerball jackpot is up over $425 million for Wednesday's drawing. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A vendor, left, receives money for a lottery purchase on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 in New York. The jackpot for Powerball's weekend drawing has climbed to $325 million, the fourth-largest in the game's history. Powerball organizers say this is the first run-up to a large jackpot that's fallen over a major holiday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A customer fills out a Powerball form at the Jayhawk Food Mart in Lawrence, Kan., Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The jackpot for Powerball's weekend drawing has climbed to $325 million, the fourth-largest in the game's history. Powerball organizers say this is the first run-up to a large jackpot that's fallen over a major holiday. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

A clerk sells Powerball tickets at the Jayhawk Food Mart in Lawrence, Kan., Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The jackpot for Powerball's weekend drawing has climbed to $325 million, the fourth-largest in the game's history. Powerball organizers say this is the first run-up to a large jackpot that's fallen over a major holiday. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

A Powerball form and purchased ticket are on the counter at the Jayhawk Food Mart in Lawrence, Kan., Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The jackpot for Powerball's weekend drawing has climbed to $325 million, the fourth-largest in the game's history. Powerball organizers say this is the first run-up to a large jackpot that's fallen over a major holiday. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

A woman holds her powerball ticket in Hollywood, Fla. Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The next drawing is on Saturday night for a jackpot worth a cool $325 million. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Michael Arrington, left, buys a Powerball ticket from cashier Lee Heilig, right, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at a DeliMart convenience store in Iowa City, Iowa. The jackpot had reached $325 million as of Friday. (AP Photo/Grant Schulte)

People wait in line to purchase lottery on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 in New York. The jackpot for Powerball's weekend drawing has climbed to $325 million, the fourth-largest in the game's history. Powerball organizers say this is the first run-up to a large jackpot that's fallen over a major holiday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The current Powerball jackpot is seen on a computer screen as Atem Getahun waits for a Georgia lottery machine to print a ticket for a waiting customer at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Atlanta. As the Powerball jackpot soars, a Georgia Lottery official says the agency is working to get its equipment operational again after some machines have been down. Georgia Lottery spokeswoman Kimberly Starks confirmed that some machines were not working properly. She said Monday afternoon that lottery officials are aware of the situation, and are working to correct the problems. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A customer waits for his lottery ticket to print out at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Atlanta. As the Powerball jackpot soars, a Georgia Lottery official says the agency is working to get its equipment operational again after some machines have been down. Georgia Lottery spokeswoman Kimberly Starks confirmed that some machines were not working properly. She said Monday afternoon that lottery officials are aware of the situation, and are working to correct the problems. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A sign on a doorway advertises the Georgia Lottery as a customer enters a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Atlanta. As the Powerball jackpot soars, a Georgia Lottery official says the agency is working to get its equipment operational again after some machines have been down. Georgia Lottery spokeswoman Kimberly Starks confirmed that some machines were not working properly. She said Monday afternoon that lottery officials are aware of the situation, and are working to correct the problems. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Raymond Parker mulls what he might do with the winning Powerball jackpot inside a stationery store in Long Beach, N.Y. on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. The 67-year-old Long Beach resident, who's car was destroyed in Superstorm Sandy, said he is rooting for multiple winners of the $425 million jackpot. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

John Scaduto stands next to a Powerball lottery machine on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. Scaduto said he lost his job as a sous chef when the restaurant he works at was flooded in Superstorm Sandy. He said he has already bought more than $100 worth of Powerball tickets in advance of Wednesday's drawing and would open his own restaurant if he has the winning numbers. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

Gary Narang, the owner of a 7-11 franchise, punches out an order for Powerball tickets in his convenience store on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. FEMA, insurance adjusters and construction cleanups. Some of the people hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy are hoping one thing this week answers their prayers: a $425 million Powerball jackpot. Long Beach, outside New York City, was one of the hardest hit by last month's Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

Jim Cross, Reporter

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Biffleford16 wrote...

Someone is already Getting Greedy

November 29, 2012 1:31 pm

The store that sells the Winning Ticket gets a fee, I believe his is already $25,000. I'm glad I don't play all this leads to is everyone coming out of the Woodwork wanting Money, No Thanks!!

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what a joke

November 29, 2012 3:41 pm

I guess we all should get in line since we live in AZ and in someway helped this person win it. Sick of people always putting their hands out and thinking they deserves what other people have. Thank heavens for Obama and the government because that is what we are getting.

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American Greed!

November 29, 2012 7:09 pm

WHo does he think he is? My understanding is the store gets fifty G's just for selling a winner and he wants a tip??? No Way!

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Bearman wrote...

Button pusher wants tip.

November 30, 2012 3:27 am

Yup, bet he voted for Obama. "Where's my free stuff"? "I am owed something here". Sheesh... What a revolting development these sort of people have become.

Politically incorrect and proud of it.

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Biffleford16 wrote...

I visited Fountain Hills....

November 30, 2012 7:13 am

For The Art's Festival A couple of weeks ago, Don't you think I should get a Payout for That, Put me on the Payout list!!!!

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powerballseller wrote...

Idiots

November 30, 2012 5:20 pm

First of all, it's the company who gets the bonus for selling the ticket, NOT THE STORE. Second, if you think this job is just about pushing a button, try it for a week. Third, he doesn't think he is anyone, just a guy hoping for something because he is not greedy, and wants to reward everyone who works for him. Fourth, I am owed nothing from this person. Bearman, don't judge people you do not know personally. Five years ago I had a stroke and worked my way back to health, employment and taking care of my ailing parents. How revolting. You guys are idiots, probably Arizona Cardinals fans.

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Zeriously wrote...

For all who are posting that his man is greedy.

December 1, 2012 10:06 am

First of all, Don't sit here and talk about greed, SPECIALLY If you voted for Romney. You know who you are. Secondly, You can't tell who someone truly is from one crappy article. I myself know who Bob Chebat is, and if you were to ever meet him. He has to be the sweetest man alive. He is a loving caring family man who does his part to make it in this world. And not even close to receive the title greedy. So before you read this and really make a judgement about a guy YOU DON'T KNOW! Think about how the reporter really wants you to think of him, then go meet the guy and weigh it out.

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