US woman wins $758.7 million Powerball jackpot

US woman wins $758.7 million Powerball jackpot

By Lena Reece
Friday 25/08/2017
53‑year‑old Massachusetts resident Mavis Wanczyk

A health care worker from a small US town has quit the hospital job she held for 32 years after learning she won the largest Powerball prize for a single ticket holder in the contest's North American history.

Lottery officials today identified the 53 year old woman, who lives in Massachusetts, as the winner of more than $US750 million in a Powerball drawing.

Mavis Wanczyk appeared at an afternoon press conference on Friday to claim her prize.

Earlier on:

One Powerball ticket among the millions sold across the country has made 53‑year‑old Massachusetts resident Mavis Wanczyk a very rich person.

The Massachusetts State Lottery announced Wanczyk as the holder of the lucky ticket for Wednesday's $758.7 million Powerball jackpot, the largest haul in North American history for a single winning ticket.

Wanczyk bought the Powerball ticket at the Pride Station and Store near where she works in Boston.

The winning numbers for the jackpot drawn Wednesday night were 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, and the final number, called the Powerball, was 4.

Wanczyk said she bought two quick‑pick tickets and a third ticket for which she picked out the numbers herself, and the latter was the lucky one.

Some of the numbers she chose were birthdays, one was her lucky number 4 and others were random.

Source: ABCNews and stuff.co.nz

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