By Patrick Garrity and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News
We have a winner.
The holder of the winning ticket in a record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot has come forward, with lottery officials planning a news conference Wednesday afternoon to reveal the winner's identity.
The winning numbers of 10, 13, 14, 22, and 52 were drawn May 18, with a Powerball number of 11. The sole matching ticket was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla.
The winner was expected to take a lump sum payout of $370 million before taxes.
Florida Lottery officials described the winner to NBC as an elderly woman, approximately in her 70s and a resident of Zephyrhills.
The woman told lottery officials she watched the drawing and knew she was the winner that night.
The identity of the winner had remained a closely guarded secret, even in the small town where hardly anything is private.
“Being in a small town, everybody knows everybody and in some cases, everybody’s business,” Dave Walters, a reporter with a local newspaper, told the Associated Press. “It’s hard to keep a secret in this town, but this is one of the biggest mysteries we’ve had in a long, long time.”
We have a winner.
The holder of the winning ticket in a record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot has come forward, with lottery officials planning a news conference Wednesday afternoon to reveal the winner's identity.
The winning numbers of 10, 13, 14, 22, and 52 were drawn May 18, with a Powerball number of 11. The sole matching ticket was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla.
The winner was expected to take a lump sum payout of $370 million before taxes.
Florida Lottery officials described the winner to NBC as an elderly woman, approximately in her 70s and a resident of Zephyrhills.
The woman told lottery officials she watched the drawing and knew she was the winner that night.
The identity of the winner had remained a closely guarded secret, even in the small town where hardly anything is private.
“Being in a small town, everybody knows everybody and in some cases, everybody’s business,” Dave Walters, a reporter with a local newspaper, told the Associated Press. “It’s hard to keep a secret in this town, but this is one of the biggest mysteries we’ve had in a long, long time.”
