TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 When I heard the winner was in FL, my coworkers and I made obvious jokes about the likelihood of the winner's age. Somewhere, someone is kicking themselves for being nice to a little old lady. Gloria Mackenzie, 84, came forward to claim the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot, more than two weeks after the $590.5 million Powerball drawing on May 18, Florida Lottery officials announced Wednesday. She passed up a payout spread over 30 years for a somewhat smaller one-time lump sum, pocketing $370.9 million before taxes, Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell said. Powerball winner allowed to skip in line Mackenzie bought her winning ticket at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, north of Tampa. She did not appear at Wednesday's announcement, but in a statement O'Connell read to reporters, she said it was the fifth ticket she'd purchased for that drawing. "While in line at Publix, another lottery player was kind enough to let me go ahead of them in line to purchase the winning quick-pick ticket," Mackenzie said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar231 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Whatever person let a lil old lady go first is probably the worlds saltiest person right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Whatever person let a lil old lady go first is probably the worlds saltiest person right now No good deed goes unpunished. Karma's a bitch. and any other useless saying that fits the scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zx2guy19 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 That person is probably going to off themselves. It'd be pretty awesome if she found the person and gave them a quick mil or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I hope her grandkids if she has any treated her well and visited her often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 if not, they will now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinHawk1647545499 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 doesn't mean that person would have got the winning ticket if they didn't let the old lady go before her. random number generator... so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 She'll leave it all to her church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_gloria_mackenzie_ll_130605_wg.jpg for probably half of 370, you could do worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 She can be my suga momma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zx2guy19 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 doesn't mean that person would have got the winning ticket if they didn't let the old lady go before her. random number generator... so who knows. Huh? It's not like the machine knew who the person was. If it was her or the other person, the same numbers would have come out at the same time. If we are both at a computer and put numbers into a random number generator, it doesn't matter who clicks the "Submit" button at that particular time, the numbers will be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slomo Eric Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Whatever person let a lil old lady go first is probably the worlds saltiest person right now I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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