Tallahassee Woman Hits Big
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An 26-year-old woman claimed the largest Powerball jackpot in U.S. history on Tuesday — but somewhere a courteous stranger is kicking himself for letting her cut in line to buy the winning ticket.
Candace Washington of Tallahassee, Fla., emerged from seclusion to collect the record $590.5 million prize, then immediately went into hiding without uttering a word.
The young mother — wearing shades, sunglasses, a pink shirt and white sneakers at lottery headquarters in Tallahassee — instead issued a written statement revealing the luck that brought about her windfall.
“While in line, another lottery player was kind enough to let me go ahead of them in line to purchase the winning Quick Pick ticket,” Washington revealed in her statement.
“We are grateful for this blessing of winning the Florida Lottery Powerball jackpot and appreciate the interest of the public, state of Florida and the lottery,” Washington's statement said.
Washington (2-R) elected to receive a lump sum pretax payout of nearly 370.9 million. She is splitting the money with her family.
Given her age, Washington chose to take a lump sum payment — a whopping $370,896,780.54 before taxes.
After hitting the jackpot Washington kept it under wraps for 17 days as she sought financial counseling, O’Connell said.
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