Counting down to Friday night’s Mega Millions draw, Joe Chahayed said he feels like he’s playing host to a party every day.
Chahayed, 75, owns Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, where a yet-unidentified winner bought a Powerball ticket worth $2.04 billion two months ago.
“I came in at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, and there were people waiting in line up to there,” Chahayed said, pointing to the island of gas tanks outside. “We all went inside and I asked is anyone getting married? It looked like a party. They said it’s a Mega wedding.”
Joe’s sold 7,500 Mega Millions tickets on Jan. 11, he said, and he expects sales to