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US woman, 81, keeps lottery ticket in Bible, wins jackpot
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March 7, 2012, Wednesday
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AN 81-year-old Rhode Island woman, who slept with her winning lottery ticket in a Bible, came forward yesterday to claim a US$336.4 million PowerBall prize, one of the largest ever jackpots in the United States, lottery officials said.
Louise White kept her identity secret for weeks after buying the lucky ticket at a grocery store in Newport, Rhode Island, when a family member wanted some rainbow sherbet dessert.
She took the prize in one lump sum payment of US$210 million, the highest cash jackpot ever, lottery officials said.
"I'm very happy and I'm very proud and this will make my family very happy. We are truly blessed," White, a Newport resident, said during a brief appearance at a news conference.
White slept with the winning ticket in her Bible the night after the drawing and later kept it in a safe deposit box.
PowerBall is played in 42 US states, Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. The largest PowerBall jackpot was in 2006 for US$365 million, according to lottery officials.
The odds of winning the PowerBall jackpot are roughly 1 in 175 million.
Louise White kept her identity secret for weeks after buying the lucky ticket at a grocery store in Newport, Rhode Island, when a family member wanted some rainbow sherbet dessert.
She took the prize in one lump sum payment of US$210 million, the highest cash jackpot ever, lottery officials said.
"I'm very happy and I'm very proud and this will make my family very happy. We are truly blessed," White, a Newport resident, said during a brief appearance at a news conference.
White slept with the winning ticket in her Bible the night after the drawing and later kept it in a safe deposit box.
PowerBall is played in 42 US states, Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. The largest PowerBall jackpot was in 2006 for US$365 million, according to lottery officials.
The odds of winning the PowerBall jackpot are roughly 1 in 175 million.
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