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By MELINDA DESLATTE, AP
09 May 2008 @ 07:00 am EST

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Carl Hunter and his wife Diane Hunter hold a check representing the amount they won in the Louisiana Powerball Jackpot drawing in January, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Baton Rogue. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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The multimillion dollar win wasn't Hunter's first winning lottery ticket. He said he won $5,000 off a ticket a few years ago.

West Metairie Shell, the gas station where Hunter bought his ticket, will get $25,000 for selling the winning ticket. The station, tucked among brick ranch homes and raised wooden houses in a middle-class neighborhood, lost its roof during Katrina, and the store was looted.

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