Individuals across the United States had been daydreaming for days about the recent Powerball Jackpot, which reached a whopping sum of $758.7M. What would someone even begin to do with that life-changing amount of cash? Buy a mansion? Pay off debts? The lucky winner from Massachusetts is being given the rough task of deciding what to do with all that cash, after discovering she had the winning ticket this past Thursday. Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee is the state’s latest multi-millionaire, and has also been given the title of the largest single-ticket Powerball prize winner in history!
The 53-year-old explains that she and a coworker looked over their tickets after work, and that’s when she discovered she had the winning numbers. She recalls thinking, “It’s never going to be me. It’s just a pipe dream that I’ve always had.”
No stranger to games of chance, Mavis has stuck to mostly scratch-offs in the past, but decided to try her luck on the Powerball. There was no special thought process to her selection of numbers, and in fact, she had them randomly generated.
As for the big question; what is she going to do with her winnings? Wancyzk, mother of two, and 32-year employee at the Mercy Medical Center, commented, “First thing I want to do is sit back and relax,” and we don’t blame her. One of the first things she did, however, is something we’ve all fantasized about doing—she told her employer she would not be returning to work.
She chose to take the lump sum of $480 million ($336 million after taxes). We don’t blame her!
Congratulations Mavis!
Source:
“Powerball ticket sold in Massachusetts; sole winner to get $758.7M jackpot”, foxnews.com, August 24, 2017.
drtheolen
6 years ago
When I first saw it on Fox, I had to double check two times to confirm I actually saw the number correctly. Its seriously insane sum. Its not life changing, it can be country changing. When Serbian government sold Telekom comm provider for 1 billion, for next 2 years the whole country felt it. That puts this win into an...
When I first saw it on Fox, I had to double check two times to confirm I actually saw the number correctly. Its seriously insane sum. Its not life changing, it can be country changing. When Serbian government sold Telekom comm provider for 1 billion, for next 2 years the whole country felt it. That puts this win into an interesting perspective. Now as far as taxes go, $336 million is a lot really, too much to be honest. But I hear every day about government working on tax reform in US, maybe it will actually happen, and if it does something good will surely come out of it.
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Play777
6 years ago
very nice wounder why i never hit this big. keep up doing what you do And the government wins 144 million, without ever buying a ticket. My question is ? If you take the lump sum upfront where does the remaining money go. Out of a publicsized win of 758 m, she gets 366 m. Do the math, How long will people continue to...
very nice wounder why i never hit this big. keep up doing what you do And the government wins 144 million, without ever buying a ticket. My question is ? If you take the lump sum upfront where does the remaining money go. Out of a publicsized win of 758 m, she gets 366 m. Do the math, How long will people continue to support this con. i think so too
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zuga
6 years ago
whoooaaaa!
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Fridayhigh
6 years ago
And the government wins 144 million, without ever buying a ticket. My question is ? If you take the lump sum upfront where does the remaining money go. Out of a publicsized win of 758 m, she gets 366 m. Do the math, How long will people continue to support this con.
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princejuju
6 years ago
i watched her interview , very down to earth , helped the homeless all her life , am very happy for her . its hard these days to see good honest people being happy . damn _ed up world
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Mil E Na
6 years ago
This sum is definitely life-changing!! :) Congratulation to the lucky winner! :)
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Markotik
6 years ago
Is this for real?! :D Speachless.... congrats! :D
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