Great-great-grandmother wins $5.6m lottery jackpot

Comment #9

Phokas — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:40:44 GMT

Better late than never.

Comment #8

fja — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:54:55 GMT

I wouldn't be surprised if all the grand kids are up there fixing her roof right about now......

Comment #7

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:27:17 GMT

although thus is a good reason why mass. needs a cash option on their games.

Comment #6

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:28:17 GMT

i think that someone who has lived this long, and played as long as she did deserves it more than anyone else, even if she doesn't live to see all of it. from the way she looks, she may live to see it all. even if she doesn't, she can die knowing she has set generations of her family in the right direction.

Comment #5

emilyg — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:30:51 GMT

it's great she won. whatever her children get - is pure gravy for them. good for her.

Comment #4

noahproblem — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:01:23 GMT

The funny thing is, if you look at the picture on their website, the big (promotional/phony) check they hand her is written for $5.6 million, as if she got the full amount at once and also without taxes being withheld (HA!).

Comment #3

tg636 — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:21:16 GMT

Maybe she could transfer the payments to a trust that her children would own after she dies and avoid those estate taxes? Anyway, maybe GW eliminated them by now.

Comment #2

lottograndma — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:37:24 GMT

WHaT a shame!!! She will never live to collect all of it any to make matters worse her estate will have to pay taxes on the remainder before those grandkids can collect the next payments. One old guy died like that and his heirs had to forgo the next 8 payments to payoff the IRS before they got a dime. Why in the world wouldn't somebody advise this old lady properly. At 94 I think the real winner was the government with the way this was handled

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qutgnt — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:45:20 GMT

They get older and older dont they. If this isnt an Alanis Morrisette song then I dont know what is. Isnt it ironic, dont you think.

Great-great-grandmother wins $5.6m lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:10:51 GMT

Lottery winner plans to fix roof and help familyA 94-year-old great-great-grandmother from Everett, Massachusetts is thinking about fixing her leaky roof and maybe taking a cruise to someplace warm and sunny now that she's won $5.6 million in the state lottery, her great-granddaughter, Cynthia Smith, said yesterday.Louise Outing, who has lived in the same house since she was a child and became the matriarch of a family that includes seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and three great-gr... [ More ]