Pensioner in biggest ever US lottery win



An 84-year-old Florida woman has claimed the record Powerball jackpot of $590 million. Winner Gloria C. MacKenzie of Zephyrhills chose the lump sum rather than collecting $590.5 million in 30 annual payments, Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell said. Mrs MacKenzie bought the only $2 ticket that matched all six winning numbers in the May 18 multistate Powerball drawing, making her the largest sole jackpot winner in US lottery history. Mrs MacKenzie wore dark sunglasses and linked arms with her son, Scott MacKenzie, as she walked through a phalanx of cameras facing straight ahead. She left the lottery office without saying anything but left behind a statement to be read by Ms O'Connell. Mrs MacKenzie said she and her son had an agreement to split any winnings. She bought the winning ticket at a Publix grocery store after previously buying four other tickets, her statement said. "While in line at Publix, another lottery player was kind enough to let me go ahead of them in line to purchase the winning Quick Pick ticket," she said. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10102366/Powerball-590-million-jackpot-won-by-84-year-old-Florida-woman.html Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

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  1. I don't mean to be rude but most of the biggest jackpot winners are old. How about some money for the younger ones? :(
  2. rip
  3. Did she share with the person that gave here the qp
  4. Lucky sod.


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