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Two area couples split a $1 million Powerball prize Friday that they won with a ticket they bought at a Pleasant Hill gas station. Iowa Lottery Officials tell KNIA/KRLS News that life-long friends Vickie and Terry Chambers, both age 50 and from Columbia, and Rick Hamilton and Sharon Sulser both from Chariton pooled their money to buy the winning ticket.