Massachusetts State Lottery officials say the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot bought a total of five tickets.
Fifty-three-year-old Chicopee (CHIH’-kuh-pee) resident Mavis L. Wanczyk (WAHN’-zihk) bought three tickets with numbers she chose along with two computer-generated tickets. She got them all from the Pride Station & Store in Chicopee.
The winning Powerball ticket was one that Wanczyk picked herself, using a combination of family birthdays and her lucky number, four.
Lottery officials say she chose to take a lump sum payment of $480 million, or $336 million after taxes. It’s the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. history.
Wanczyk worked at a hospital for 32 years but quit when she won.
Massachusetts’ treasurer says she offered advice to the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot and her family about being careful with their newfound wealth.
Deb Goldberg tells reporters on Thursday that “a lot of people will be coming at them with all sorts of things.” She says she encouraged them to find very good lawyers and advisers and to think carefully about how they’re going to manage their money.
Fifty-three-year-old Mavis L. Wanczyk (WAHN’-zihk), of Chicopee (CHIH’-kuh-pee), won the jackpot.
On her Facebook page Thursday afternoon, someone had already written to her asking for help for his family to pay off a $100,000 house.
It’s the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. history.
Wanczyk worked at a hospital for 32 years but quit when she won.
