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A northern Michigan couple with seven children and 21 grandchildren has claimed an $80 million Powerball prize. Fifty-four-year-old Phillip Chippewa of Suttons Bay traveled to Lansing on Wednesday with his wife, Dawn, and their family to claim their prize.
Their Powerball ticket matched all five numbers and the Powerball in the Sept. 21 drawing. The couple opted to receive their payment as a one-time lump-sum, which came to $42 million after taxes.
Chippewa says he now has all the money hell ever need to help his family for generations. The couples plans for their winnings include buying homes for each of their children.
Theyre both members of and work for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, but they plan to keep working for now.
https://www.apnews.com/63319e638aeb4e9da2dd77b08eb10858
Baltimike
(4,146 posts)Popcorn Samurai
(30 posts)Nice to see someone who can use the money. I live about 15 miles south of Suttons Bay, beautiful little town.
MagickMuffin
(15,944 posts)They need to figure out how the Billionaires keep all their money.
Glad they won.
Grins
(7,218 posts)My suggestion: claim prize in January & you have a year to plan.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)The large payout number is if you take it over however many years. Taking a one-time payout always is much less.
a kennedy
(29,675 posts)problems. I never want to win that much.....
Goodheart
(5,334 posts)Maybe I'm a grinch. LOL.
I don't know... guess I'm too focused on the big picture. A lot of people lost a lot of money for one lucky ticket, for one lucky family who is not more deserving or more heart-tugging than millions of others.
Maybe I'm jealous? I don't like lotteries.