One-half of the latest PowerBall Jackpot grand prize has gone to a lucky bunch of co-workers, including a married couple, from the state of Arizona. Coming in at $94.1 million, the jackpot will be split down the middle, awarding $47,050,000 to the two winning ticket holders. One portion of the jackpot going to the "Arizona Nine" - so aptly named by the media - will be equally shared between nine nine people total, thus becoming one of the greatest millionaire-making jackpots of all time.

According to Arizona Lottery's Executive Director, Art Macias, it has been nearly two years since someone from Arizona won the PowerBall Lottery jackpot - Never mind the fact that Arizonians have come in second place sixty-eight times since December, 2004. With the Arizona Lottery celebrating its 25th year anniversary, Macias says this big win could not have come at a better time.

The members of the Arizona Nine could not agree more. Tanya Poirier, who brought the lottery pool tradition with her from a previous job, had been purchasing the tickets for the group (usually only when the jackpot nears the $100 million mark). This time around, she was shown an online printout of the winning numbers by another co-worker, confirmed they indeed held the winning ticket, and proceeded to tell the rest of their co-workers, all of whom thought a hoax was being played on them. It wasn't until everyone walked into the Arizona Lottery office to claim their share of the jackpot that the reality of having won finally sunk in. In fact, the group became so excited by the reality that the lobby of the Arizona Lottery was soon filled with a harmonious intonation of the fitting song, "We're in the Money".

Luck was certainly in the air this week in Arizona. All in all, 27,640 winning tickets came from the state, three of which were for $10,000 prizes. The winning ticket, which was purchased at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Pheonix, contained the numbers: 7,8,13,46,54 with a matching Powerball number of 35. As for the other winning ticket, it was sold in Minnesota.