Powerball Prize Worth $316 Million Claimed By Native American Couple From Wisconsin
A Wisconsin couple claimed half of the $632.6 million Powerball jackpot from a drawing in January.
The Wisconsin Lottery announced in a release on Monday that Tammy and Cliff Webster, from Oneida, a city outside of Green Bay, were the winners of around $316 million.
“We are sincerely grateful for this incredible event,” Tammy Webster told the lottery. “We always believed that we had a chance to win if we played and this is a dream come true.”
Cliff Webster also told the lottery that he is thankful and called the winning a blessing. "This is a wonderful blessing, and we are incredibly thankful and most appreciative of this opportunity,” he said.
The two of them are both Native American and are members of the Oneida Nation. Tammy is part Oneida and part Sioux, and Cliff is Oneida, according to the release.
The drawing on Jan. 5 was the seventh-largest Powerball jackpot in history. The ticket had the winning numbers of 6, 14, 25, 33, 46, and Powerball 17.
The couple has decided to take the cash option instead of annual payments. After taxes, this leaves them with about $154 million. “The winners opted to take the cash option of $225.1 million rather than annual payments. After federal taxes of $54 million and state taxes of $17.2 million, their final take home amount is $153.9 million,” the lottery said.
The other half of the jackpot was sold at a 7-Eleven in Sacramento, California, according to the California Lottery.
Wisconsin Lottery Director Cindy Polzin was happy to hear of the local winners. Wisconsin had three Powerball jackpot winners and one Mega Millions winner since March 2019.
"I could not be more thrilled for the Websters! It was very exciting to celebrate their win with them," Polzin said in the release. "It's incredible that we get to keep celebrating big wins in our state. This is the fourth major jackpot won in the past four years in WINsconsin."
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