DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? INSTANT BILLIONAIRES: A New Hampshire family has claimed a N$6.98 billion Powerball jackpot weeks after the winning ticket was announced. The winning ticket for the July 30 drawing was sold at a Hannaford supermarket in Raymond, New Hampshire, a town of about 10 000 residents. Lottery officials said on Monday at a news conference that the family wishes to remain anonymous. Their final payout after taxes will be N$3.67 billion, and the money will be placed in a trust. Attorneys from a law firm hired to run the trust says the family plans to donate some of the money to charity. The Hannaford supermarket donated its N$1.4 million commission for selling the ticket to a number of charities, including the Raymond Police Department and food pantries. The family will match it. It is the eighth-largest US lottery jackpot. PHOTO: NAMPA/AP
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