LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville family decided to make a last-minute purchase of several Powerball tickets. It was a good decision.

They were rewarded with a $50,000 win during the game’s $1.7 billion jackpot run.

The family opted to remain anonymous, but told lottery officials they had debated for hours about getting tickets for the Saturday night drawing.

The family said they decided to go to three different Lottery retailers to buy their tickets, with the winning ticket being purchased at M&S Food Mart, 11550 Bluegrass Parkway, Louisville, Ky. 40299, which will earn $500 for selling the ticket.

The next afternoon the family was watching NFL games and totally forgot about their ticket purchases the night before.

“I got on my phone and asked Siri to pull up the winning numbers,

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