Nightly News   |  November 29, 2012

Powerball numbers match Royals Hall of Famers

In an odd coincidence, several of the winning Powerball numbers matched the jersey numbers of baseball players in the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame: Mark Gubicza, Dan Quisenberry and Dennis Leonard to name a few. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports.

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>>> so if you didn't win the powerball, you may be curious about who did, there are two big winning tickets and the second largest jackpot in american history , in missouri and arizona , more from dearborn , missouri , where one of the tickets was sold. cary, also curious about the secret code imbed ed in the numbers.

>> reporter: very interesting, one ticket was sold here at this gas station , the other in arizona . now, so far the identities of people who bought the tickets are yet to be revealed in this, the largest powerball jackpot in u.s. history . in tiny dearborn , missouri , where just about everybody knows everybody, the question is, was it one of their own who bought a powerball ticket at the local market.

>> very exciting, we never, ever thought we would sell the winning ticket, and here it is, we did.

>> reporter: folks in this farming community off interstate 70 are now trying to figure out if the winners were figured out a certain way. dearborn is home of the royals baseball team . those winning lottery numbers? they match the hall of famers, brett, leonard, the powerball was wilson, the one outliar, bo jackson , the first athlete to be named an all-star in two major american sports , baseball and football. number two, gubisa, announcer, heard the theory all day.

>> i hope it is because they like the six in kansas city history.

>> reporter: and while it is a coincidence, the baseball spring training is in arizona , where the other ticket was sold, at this suburb outside phoenix. again, the question here? who bought the winning ticket.

>> yeah, yeah, this is excellent, i'm so surprised. it is wonderful, i would like to know who it is, because you know, fountain hills is a pretty small town and you know most everybody.

>> reporter: there are strong indications here that the ticket sold here went to a local family. the wife bought it, ten dollars for the ticket. she has been unemployed. actually had a job interview today. she didn't go. a press conference is planned at the local high school here tomorrow.

>> yeah, and who doesn't love a good juicy conspiracy theory . kerry sanders , thank you.