Iowa Powerball Winner Makes Massive Donation to Wounded Veterans

Iowa Powerball Winner Makes Massive Donation to Wounded Veterans
Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich, left, presents a check to Lerynne West, of Redfield, Iowa, center, for her share of a nearly $700 million Powerball prize, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, at the Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive, Iowa. West was one of two winners of a $688 million jackpot drawn Oct. 27. She'll share the prize with someone who bought the other winning ticket in New York City. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A Powerball winner who took home more than $100 million is sharing some of her new wealth with wounded veterans.

Lerynne West, 51, of Redfield, Iowa, split the $687.8 million jackpot last month, sharing it with a New York man. She took a lump sum, and after taxes, she took home $140 million. The jackpot, without taxes, was $343.9 million.

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