PRESQUE ISLE – The +man who bought Wednesday’s winning $9.875 million Megabucks lottery ticket has come forward, but he asked the owners of the store where he purchased the ticket to keep his name a secret, at least for the time being.

Raylene Shaw who, with her husband, Barry, owns Ray’s Corner Variety at 70 Academy St., said Friday that a man who works in Presque Isle surfaced about 7:30 Thursday evening.

The winning ticket, with numbers 7-10-12-16-19-21, was one of five Easy Pick tickets the man purchased. He bought his tickets at 2:08 p.m. Wednesday.

Wednesday’s jackpot was the largest Tri-State Megabucks jackpot since 1993.

Inquiries to the Maine State Lottery were not returned Friday.

Shaw said the man who won was not a regular lottery ticket customer. The cashier had urged the customer to try his luck.

“He was in a state of shock,” Shaw said Friday afternoon. “When I suggested he call an attorney to help him out, he said he would as soon as he gets out of work Friday.

“He said he just didn’t know what to think,” Shaw said.

The Shaws, who have owned the store just over two years, had not sold a ticket winning a large amount of money until this week. Since then, tickets have been selling quickly. Shaw said the number of Powerball tickets sold has gone up.

“Maybe people are thinking lightning will strike at the same location twice,” she said. “It’s been a whirlwind here since Thursday.

“People are coming in to buy tickets and to congratulate us,” she said.

The Shaws will receive a selling bonus estimated at $30,000. The amount is based on the total final jackpot sales.

Raylene Shaw said she and her husband have talked about what they will do with their selling bonus. She said there are some things they want to add to their business and a few bills they want to pay off, and they may even take a vacation.