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An AccuLotto Client Writes:
Betsy G. |
 $183 Million Jackpot Won in Maryland! ANNAPOLIS, Md. - When Bernadette Gietka looked at a lottery ticket she had just bought and noticed it began with the numbers ``one, two, three,'' she thought she ``might as well throw this one in the can.'' Lucky for her she didn't. The ticket, one of four Gietka bought on a whim while at a store with her mother, was the only winner in the $183 million jackpot drawing for the Mega Millions game June 20. Gietka, a 54-year-old part-time letter carrier, appeared at a news conference Wednesday with Gov. Robert Ehrlich, lottery officials and members of her family. She had delayed her public appearance to allow time to consult with financial advisers and get over the stomach-churning realization that she had the winning ticket. ``I've finished being sick,'' she said with a smile. Gietka chose to take all the money at once, making her winnings $112.8 million, which lottery officials said was one of the largest payouts to an individual winner in U.S. lottery history. After state and federal taxes, she will have almost $76.2 million. The biggest single-ticket winner in the world is, Andrew ``Jack'' Whittaker Jr. of West Virginia. He won a $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas Day. Gietka said she has no plans for any big, immediate changes in her life. She does have her eye on a new maroon Corvette convertible with a tan top, but hasn't bought it yet. ``It's on hold,'' she said. She will probably also buy her first house, but not ``the little tiny $62,000 house'' she was preparing to buy originally. Her winning numbers were 1, 2, 3, 12, 37 and megaball 35. |
$183 Million Jackpot Won in Maryland! Man win's $315 million jackpot -largest in history! |
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