- Gloria C. Mackenzie claimed jackpot and took $370million lump sum – $266million after taxes – in the country’s biggest win ever
- Woman ‘who looked like her’ picked up $2,600 restaurant tab on Sunday
A mystery woman who looked like the elderly widow who recently won the record $590million Powerball jackpot has surprised 180 people by picking up their restaurant tab. The woman, who appeared to be 84-year-old Gloria C. MacKenzie according to witnesses, paid almost $2,600 for the customers’ dinners at Buddy Freddy’s in Plant City, Florida on Sunday.
Restaurant manager Stephanie Reaves told the Tampa Bay Times that the woman, who was with another woman and younger man, ate at the restaurant and then left before returning to pay the bill. She even left $50 each for each of the five servers, and Reaves said everyone in the restaurant got up and applauded.