A woman claiming to be the winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot was lying and ‘just wanted to be on TV,’ store owner’s granddaughter says

• A woman was accused of falsely claiming to win the Powerball jackpot — the third largest ever won.
• Video footage shows the woman crying with joy at the LA store that sold the winning ticket.
• But the granddaughter of the store owner said the winner has yet to come forward.

A woman who claimed to be the winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot was lying, according to the granddaughter of the owner of the store where the ticket was sold, the Daily Mail reported. 

Sarai Palacios, the granddaughter of Nabor Herrera, who owns Las Palmitas Mini Market near LA’s Skid Row, told the Mail that the woman hadn’t won the jackpot.