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Winner of $254 million Powerball comes forward

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Published : Nov. 29, 2011 - 16:28

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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) - Three asset managers from Connecticut's affluent New York suburbs claimed a $254 million Powerball jackpot on Monday off a $1 ticket.

Gregg Skidmore, Brandon Lacoff and Tim Davidson came forward as trustees for The Putnam Avenue Family Trust, which they formed after Davidson bought the winning ticket at a Stamford gas station. At least two of them live in Greenwich, one of America's wealthiest towns.

They will take the after-tax lump sum of nearly $104 million in cash. They say a significant portion will go to charity.

Davidson bought the $1 quick pick ticket for the Nov. 2 drawing at the Shippan Point Getty station in Stamford. It was the only ticket he bought. The winning numbers were 12-14-34-39-46, Powerball 36.

The jackpot was the largest ever won in Connecticut and the 12th biggest in Powerball history.

The three men work at a small, startup asset management firm called Bell Asset Management in Greenwich. They appeared with their lawyer at a news conference and didn't say much.

"It feels good," Skidmore said.

Lottery officials had used billboards across the state to urge the ticket holder to come forward as the weeks went by without a winner.

Ranjit Singh, manager of the Getty station, said lottery officials called the station at about 10:30 a.m. Monday to announce that the winning ticket had been sold there. The station receives $100,000 for selling the winning ticket.

Singh said he didn't know the winners and doesn't remember selling the winning ticket.

"We're really happy," Singh said. "Christmas is a little early."

 

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美 2천900억원 복권당첨자 27일 만에 등장

2억5천400만달러(약 2천900억원)의 미국 복권에 맞는 행운을 안았으나 모습을 드러내지 않아 궁금증을 자아냈던 1등 당첨자가 27일 만에 나타나 당첨금을 찾아갔다.

28일(현지시간) 미국 MSNBC에 따르면 가족신탁(family trust)의 관리자들이라고 밝힌 팀 데이비슨 등 3명은 코네티컷주 파워볼 잭팟 본부를 방문해 1등 당첨금 2억5 천400만달러 중 세금을 제한 1억350만달러(1천186억원)를 받았다.

이 복권에 대한 추첨은 지난 2일 이뤄졌으며 그동안 1등 당첨자가 누구인지를 둘러싸고 소문이 무성했었다.   

데이비슨은 코네티컷주 남서부에 있는 스탬퍼드의 한 역에서 1달러를 주고 복권 을 샀다가 1등에 당첨되는 행운을 안았다. 행운의 번호는 12-14-34-39-46, 파워볼 36이다.

이들의 변호사는 당첨자들의 관계나 공동 구입 경위 등을 밝히지는 않은 채   "당첨금 중 상당액이 자선단체에 기부될 것"이라고 말했다.

이번 당첨금은 파워볼 잭팟 역사상 12번째로 큰 금액이다.