$183-Million Jackpot Is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
When Bernadette Gietka looked at a lottery ticket she had just bought and noticed it began with the numbers 1, 2 and 3, she thought she “might as well throw this one in the can.” Luckily, she didn’t.
The ticket was the only winner in the $183-million jackpot drawing for the Mega Millions game June 20.
Gietka, 54, a part-time letter carrier, appeared at a news conference with Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, lottery officials and family.
Gietka chose to take all the money at once, making her winnings $112.8 million, which lottery officials said was one of the largest payouts to an individual in U.S. lottery history.
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