68-Year-Old Mass. Cleaning Woman Claims $294 Million Lottery Jackpot [View All]

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After 40 years of living in Lowell Mass, a grandmother of eight wins!

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68-Year-Old Massachusetts Cleaning Woman Claims $294 Million Lottery Jackpot
By Martin Finucane
Associated Press Writer

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) - Meet Geraldine Williams, a retired custodian and cleaning woman who will no longer have to mop her own floors or dust her own furniture.

Williams stepped forward Friday to claim the $294 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest jackpot ever to go to a single person in North America.

Williams, who was introduced at a news conference at state lottery headquarters, said she'll take the payout in a lump sum of $117.6 million after taxes.<snip>


Williams cleaned homes after retiring as a custodian at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. She said she fully intended to keep an appointment to clean a client's home this week until she was told she had to meet with financial advisers in Boston. <snip>

Williams said she plans to give the money to her children and some charities, and to travel <snip>