Gloria C. MacKenzie the 84-year-old woman has won the Powerball lottery jackpot of $ 590 million, largest in history.
All her life she has lived with modest means and amenities in a tin-roof house in Zephyrhills, Florida .After federal taxes and other fees her winnings will be a whopping $ 278 million.
Had it not been for a kind shopper –she would not be the owner of this winning ticket. When she was shopping at Publix near Tampa for the lottery ticket – a person in the queue asked her to go before her, perhaps respecting her age and this has become the luck of a lifetime for her.