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Lawyers for Powerball winner to claim $559M jackpot for client

A Powerball lottery sign displays the lottery prizes at a convenience store Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Chicago. A New Hampshire woman won the drawing and the $559.7 million jackpot two days later. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
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March 7, 2018 - 7:17 am
 

CONCORD, N.H. — Representatives of a New Hampshire woman who won a $559.7 million Powerball jackpot and wants to remain anonymous are accepting the prize on her behalf and announcing plans for a major donation to nonprofits.

The woman’s lawyers have planned a news conference at state lottery headquarters in Concord later Wednesday. The winning ticket was sold in Merrimack for the drawing on Jan. 6.

The woman will get her money as a legal fight over releasing her identity plays out in court. The New Hampshire Lottery Commission approved the payment to a trust the woman set up.

The lawyers say she signed the back of the ticket following the drawing, the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot, without realizing it would result in her name and address being made public.

 

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