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03-10-2005, 06:29 PM
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Barbara Lennen took her time being a multimillionaire.
The mother of four carried the winning ticket for a $19.9 million Powerball jackpot in her wallet for two days after the drawing before checking the numbers.
Lennen, 28, bought the ticket at a convenience store near her Elwood home, but didn't look to see whether she had won until her father-in-law told her Monday night that the store had sold the jackpot winner for Saturday's drawing.
"I checked the Powerball numbers one at a time. I looked at it three times," she said Tuesday after claiming the jackpot.
Lottery officials on Tuesday gave Lennen a $663,000 check as the first payment on a 29-year annuity for the jackpot.
The mother of four carried the winning ticket for a $19.9 million Powerball jackpot in her wallet for two days after the drawing before checking the numbers.
Lennen, 28, bought the ticket at a convenience store near her Elwood home, but didn't look to see whether she had won until her father-in-law told her Monday night that the store had sold the jackpot winner for Saturday's drawing.
"I checked the Powerball numbers one at a time. I looked at it three times," she said Tuesday after claiming the jackpot.
Lottery officials on Tuesday gave Lennen a $663,000 check as the first payment on a 29-year annuity for the jackpot.