Gloria Mackenzie(84)Old Woman from Florida has won the $ 590.5 million Powerball Lottery

Gloria Mackenzie(84)old woman from Florida has won the $ 590.5 million Powerball lottery, the second largest US jackpot

Gloria Mackenzie opted to take a lump-sum cash payment of somewhat smaller amount of $ 370.9 million, rather than receiving the full winnings spread out over 30 years, Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell said at a news conference in Tampa 

Gloria Mackenzie purchased the winning ticket at a Publix supermarket in the small city of Zephyrhills, 48 kilometers northeast of Tampa

A statement from Mackenzie said she would split the money with her son. "We bought the winning ticket as a single ticket even though we bought four other tickets before the drawing

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The jackpot had been touted by lottery officials as "the largest in the 21-year history of the game."
The two-dollar tickets are sold in supermarkets, convenience stores and service stations across 42 US states, the capital Washington and the US Virgin Islands.