There's a millionaire on Guam.  But apparently, they don't even know it yet.  
 
The Guam National Olympic Committee is looking for the lucky island resident who won $2 million in last Thursday's Powerball SportsBingo.  So how would YOU feel if you just won that much money?
 
Such is a question the GNOC and officials at the Hagatna Payless are just itching to ask the person who paid $7.80 for a sports bingo ticket that is worth more than $2 million.  It's the best $7.80 investment someone on Guam could have made when they purchased the ticket last week.
 
Guam National Olympic Committee secretary general Bob Steffy said, "It was from the GNOC sports bingo; the ticket was purchased April 30 at 5pm at the Agana Payless store."  The jackpot was actually a little more than $6 million, but two off-island winners in Australia have already claimed their winnings.
 
The GNOC is still waiting on the local winner to do the same.  "The last four digits of the winning ticket number are '1659'," Steffy added.  "They just have to come forward with the winning ticket, you know scan it at the location that they bought it at and in this instance the ticket was bought at the Agana Payless."
 
Hagatna Payless store manager Bob Field says they're just waiting for the winning ticket to be claimed, but says the store won't be the one to break the news.  "It won't show on your card that you won the $2 million, it will say prize exceeds the amount," he said.  "We don't want to tell the individual 'You won the $2 million!' and we don't know what their heart condition is.  We don't want him falling apart over here so we'll just have Gary from the GNOC break it to him/her."
 
Steffy says the GNOC is required to withhold 20% (about $400,000) and turn that over to the Guam Department of Revenue & Taxation.  As for the winner, if (s)he ever comes forward with the winning ticket, Steffy says they will receive a one-time payment minus that 20%, or approximately $1.6 million in the next  few weeks.  "Well, they're going to have to report it on their income tax return for 2009, and they're going to be subject to the maximum rate, which is about 35%.  So on two $2 million the total tax is going to be about $700,000."
 
After all that taxes, the winnings would be about $1.3 million - not bad for an investment less than $8.  And while he's not the lucky winner, Field says he's now a believer.  "I used to buy tickets," he noted, saying the events of today encourages him to start doing so again.  "Why not?  Now that someone won $2 million!"
 
The Agana Payless is open 24 hours a day for the individual who believes they have the winning ticket with the last four digits 1659.