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Mega Millions jackpot puts winners among these past lottery champs Here’s a look at some of the past winners who scored huge jackpots and/or set records playing the multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball games.
Jim and Carolyn McCullar, of Ephrata, Wash., the winners of a $190 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, talk to reporters Jan. 6, 2011, in Olympia, Wash.
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Frank Griffin and his wife Loretta of Asheville, N.C., pose for photos in Raleigh on Feb. 8, 2010, after claiming their Powerball jackpot winnings of $141 million.
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Mega Millions Winner Richard Morrison of Miller Place, N.Y. kneels to propose to his wife Mary Morrison prior to being presented with their ceremonial check for $165 million in New York. The couple said they never had a real wedding.
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Mega Millions lottery co-winner Ed Nabors holds up a pillow with the words "gone fishing" embroidered on it, as his sister, Becky Dunlap, and brother-in-law David Dunlap hold his before-tax check during a news conference at the Georgia Lottery office on March 7, 2007. The truck driver from north Georgia claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot, which was the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history until this month's record $476 million came on the scene. "I'm going to do a lot of fishing," Nabors said when asked what he planned to do with the money.
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Louise White, right, 81 from Newport, R.I., is presented a check for $336 million at the Rhode Island Lottery headquarters in Cranston, R.I., on March 6, 2012. White won last month's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot, sleeping with the winning ticket in her Bible until coming forward to claim the sixth-largest U.S. prize on Tuesday, a family representative said.
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Todd Reardon, left, of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Daron Fox, of Clarksville, Ind., grin as they describe buying and checking the winning ticket for the $221.7 million Powerball jackpot won in Clarksville on April 6, 2011.
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A man dressed as a Powerball stands by a couple who did not want to be identified as they hold a large prop check showing their winnings at the lottery's headquarters in Baltimore on Jan. 6, 2012. Lottery officials say the Pennsylvania couple claimed the $128.8 million prize and chose to stay anonymous. They were the sole winners of the prize, which is the second-largest jackpot in Maryland.
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Mega Millions lottery winners cut a cake that is a replica of their $319 million winning ticket during a news conference in Schenectady, N.Y., on March 31, 2011. From left are Leon Peck, Kristin Baldwin, Mike Barth, New York Lottery's Yolanda Vega, Tracy Sussman, John Kutey, Gabrielle Mahar and John Hilton.
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A close-up of the cake.
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Coulson's News, where a Mega Millions lottery jackpot ticket worth $319 million was sold, is seen in Albany on March 26, 2011.
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Wealth managers Tim Davidson, second left, Greg Skidmore, center, and Brandon Lacoff, second right, pose Nov. 28. 2011, with a ceremonial check after the men claimed a $254.2 million Powerball jackpot won on Nov. 2, in Rocky Hill, Conn. The jackpot was the largest ever won in Connecticut and the 12th biggest in Powerball history. The largest previous lottery jackpot in Connecticut was $59.5 million in June 2005.
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Chasity Rutjens, center left, smiles at Dung Tran, center, as they and the other six winners of the $365 million Nebraska powerball jackpot pose with their individual checks in Lincoln, Neb., on Feb. 22, 2006. Eight workers at a Nebraska meat processing plant claimed the record $365 million Powerball jackpot, giving each about $15.5 million after taxes. The seven men and one woman all worked at a ConAgra ham processing plant near the U-Stop convenience store where they bought the winning ticket.
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Hosea, right, and Charlene Person talk about their winning Mega Millions lottery ticket at a news conference Feb. 4, 2011, in Lansing, Mich. The married couple was among 13 current and retired postal workers who planned to split the Mega Millions prize. The PI Gold Lottery Club had chosen to take it in one lump sum of $29 million less taxes.
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