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<lst> When John Martin was about to leave work on April 16, he decided he would pick up some Big Game tickets for that night's estimated $325 million jackpot drawing. So, he asked other people around the workplace if they wanted to join in a pool. By the time he bought the tickets, 28 members of his office had each contributed $2 to purchase 56 sets of Easy Pick numbers. One of the tickets turned out to be a $150,000 winner. Their winning ticket correctly matched the first five numbers to win the game's second highest prize. The winning numbers were 07-10-25-26-27-23. Their ticket was purchased from One Stop Food Mart, 1144 Elden St. in Herndon. Although some of the pool members found out that night that they had a winner, Martin did not find out until Wednesday morning, when a co-worker called and said: "Get into work! We Won!"