Winner of $1.5B Mega Millions prize comes forward in South Carolina.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.The winner of the $1.5 billion lottery prize — a record for a single winner — came forward in South Carolina nearly five months after the drawing, officials said Monday.
The $877 million payout is before taxes, which will be about 7 percent for the state and 24 percent for federal, according to a commission spokeswoman. The commission said it was the largest jackpot payout to a single winner in U.S. history. "We respect the winner’s decision to remain anonymous, and we will honor the winner’s wishes," Brown said. The commission will not even reveal if the winner is a man or a woman.
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