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Adams and her boyfriend, whose name has not been released, purchased their tickets at a Chevron Food Mart and had actually forgotten that they had done so.  As Adams and her boyfriend were driving to work on Thursday morning, she noticed a billboard along the highway that prompted her to check the lotto tickets, which had been thrown in the vehicle’s center console.  Adams’ boyfriend checked the lotto ticket numbers on his cell phone then suddenly began screaming her name.  After rechecking the numbers, the couple went to a nearby retailer and checked their tickets yet again.  Even though her ticket perfectly matched the winning numbers, Adams still needed more proof.

After lotto officials sanctioned the legitimacy of her winning ticket, 33-year-old Adams was still a disbeliever.  She told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

It still hasn’t set in, she said. It seems like it’s somebody else besides me.

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Now that she finally believes that she won, Adams, a corporate accountant who has been on her job for the last 12 years, doesn’t plan on quitting her job anytime soon.  She actually wants to continue working:

I love what I do.  I have a purpose.

For her winnings, Adams opted to take the cash option, which leaves her with $52 million.  After Uncle Sam takes its just desserts, Adams will still have $33.8 million in mad money.

What does she plan on doing with her newfound wealth?

Adams wants to hire a financial planner in order to stretch her dollars and make savvy money moves.  Marrying her boyfriend of seven years and planning their wedding is also on her agenda.  Otherwise, Adams mainly wants to focus on her family, particularly her retired parents who are experiencing medical issues.

The only extravagant purchase Adams plans to make is to buy another house:

I’ll probably get another house, only because now, my name is out, she says.

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Greg Skidmore, Brandon Lacoff and Tim Davidson, who work at an asset management firm in Greenwich, one of the most affluent towns in America, came forward as the lottery winners Monday. Their lawyer said they formed a trust to manage the money after Davidson bought the $1 winning ticket at a Stamford gas station.

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The three men work at Belpointe, which provides investment advice, much of it to wealthy people, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company manages $82 million, according to the SEC.

But Thomas Gladstone, who identified himself as the landlord for the men’s company, said he was surprised to learn Lacoff was among the winners because he made no mention of it when he saw him Friday. So Gladstone called Lacoff on Monday night.

“He said, ‘No, I didn’t win the lottery. We’re representing the guy who did,’” Gladstone said. “He said he represents the guy who’s staying anonymous.”

Asked who the real winner is, Gladstone said, “They’re protecting him. That’s the whole purpose of putting this in this trust.”

He said the real winner, a client of the men’s firm, wants anonymity because people “get harassed and hounded when they win the lottery.”

His claim was first reported by the Daily Mail newspaper of Britain.

A statement from the men’s Putnam Avenue Family Trust said “there has been much speculation and quite a bit of misinformation over the last 24 hours.” It said the trust was established to manage the winnings to help those who can benefit from the money.

“And to be clear, there are a total of three trustees and there is no anonymous fourth participant,” the statement said.

The trust promised to distribute $1 million in the next 10 days to organizations in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area that help military veterans.

“The three trustees consider this the first stop on what we see as a journey of philanthropy in the months and years to come,” the statement said. “We recognize that we have been literally blessed with a winning hand when it came to playing a simple game of chance. We also recognize that, as a result, we have a moral obligation to ensure these dollars are put to their best possible use in the shortest possible time to help the broadest number of people in need.”

Gladstone said the anonymous winner is the beneficiary of the trust.

But a trust spokesman, Gary Lewi, insisted there is no secret lottery winner.

“I am afraid Mr. Gladstone is mistaken,” he said.

The men’s attorney, Jason Kurland, did not return repeated telephone calls, an email and Facebook messages Tuesday. Messages also were left with the men.

Connecticut Lottery Corporation president Anne Noble said she could not confirm or deny rumors swirling around the prize. She said officials are processing the payout for the winners who came forward Monday.

Lottery winners in Connecticut are generally determined by who is holding the ticket, which is why authorities urge winners to sign the backs of their tickets. Winners are designated as public information under Connecticut’s freedom of information laws.

Lottery officials said they processed the jackpot claim “in accordance with applicable rules and integrity standards.”

“It is not uncommon for Powerball winners to be identified as individuals, trusts, partnerships or other legal entities,” the lottery said in a statement.

Kurland said Monday that the men contacted him immediately after the Nov. 2 drawing and came forward after making plans for the money. He said that the trust will take the after-tax lump sum of $103,586,824.51 cash and that a significant amount will go to charity.

“Obviously, everybody is extremely excited,” Kurland said. “These numbers are huge. This is going to benefit many people.”

The jackpot was the largest won in Connecticut and the 12th biggest in Powerball history. The largest previous lottery jackpot in Connecticut was $59.5 million in June 2005.

The three men declined to describe their relationships with one another, how they came to buy a $1 ticket together or what they would do with the money, except to say that Connecticut charities would benefit from the windfall.

Gladstone defended the move.

“I think it’s the first time somebody gave it careful thought and did a smart thing,” he said.

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The New York Times reports that three Connecticut asset managers won $254.2 million dollars in the Powerball game, the largest jackpot in the state’s history. The lucky winners-or lucky bastards depending on if you hate seeing the rich get richer-are Timothy C. Davidson, Brandon E. Lacoff and Gregory H. Skidmore, three executives at Belpointe Asset Management, an investment firm based in Greenwich, Conn.

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The three men made — or rather, multiplied — their fortunes with a single $1 ticket purchased at a gas station in neighboring Stamford, a Connecticut Lottery spokeswoman said. Mr. Davidson bought the ticket on Nov. 1, using the “pick six” option to allow the lottery’s computer to choose random numbers. The winning digits: 12, 14, 34, 39, 46 and the Powerball number, 36.

With unemployment still hovering above 9 percent and millions of Americans struggling to pay their bills, you would have hoped that such a money pot would have gone to those, how should we put, less fortunate. But some see it differently.

“The lottery is all about dreaming, and that runs across all demographics and all people,” said Anne Noble, the Connecticut Lottery’s chief executive.

Oh really?

How do you feel about three fat cats getting a $254.2 million dollar Christmas gift in November?

Read the full story at The New York Times.

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Fearon, who spent part of her youth in a homeless shelter with no stable family, went on to endure sickening abuse from the monsters in her care.

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(CNN) — Human remains found buried under recently added concrete at a home in Plant City, Florida, are likely those of missing lottery millionaire Abraham Shakespeare, police said Thursday.

Deputies made the discovery after a tip came in, suggesting investigators would find a body near a home in Plant City, according to CNN affiliate WFTV.

Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said the body was slowly being uncovered. They are awaiting positive identification.

However, Gee said their investigation and information specifically led them to the area after they began to believe he might be dead because of “sinister means and motives.”

“Our indications were it would be there,” Gee said during a news conference Thursday night.

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