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Housekeeper Claims Second Largest Lottery Jackpot

BRAINTREE, Massachusetts – As reported by the Associated Press: "Geraldine Williams, a 67-year-old cleaning woman, can afford to hire her own help now -- she stepped forward Friday to claim $294 million, the second-largest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

"Williams recalled staring at the television, clutching her ticket and muttering, 'Oh, God! Oh, God! Let it be! Let it be!' as the winning numbers in the multi-state Mega Millions drawing were announced last week.

"She will take her winnings in a lump sum of $117.6 million after taxes -- that ought to buy a lot of Ajax and Lemon Pledge -- and said she plans to give money to her three children and to charity, and travel, though she has not decided where.

"Williams cleaned homes after retiring as a custodian at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, where she worked for 15 years. She said she fully intended to keep an appointment to clean someone's home this week until she was told she had to meet with financial advisers in Boston.

"… Williams said she told her children about her good fortune as soon as she knew, but hid it from everyone else, keeping the winning ticket at a bank…"

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