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$12.5 Million Tri-State Megabucks’ Winner from Vermont Collects His Cash

Many of you probably don’t know what Tri-State Megabucks is, so for the uninitiated, it’s a three state (duh) group a la Powerball…Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine… where tickets for the game can ONLY be bought in those states.

This week, the game’s biggest winner ever stepped forward.

His winnings? 12.5 million dollars is the largest prize ever given to any one player in the history of the Tri-State Megabucks.

Frank Sullivan now carries two items in his back pocket. A stick of lip balm for “people that want money. They gotta kiss up a little bit more…and that’s the black book for the marriage proposals.”

OK…he was happy. But that’s a bit arrogant, don’t you think Frank?

Here’s the weird thing though. Sullivan is not the first in his family to strike it rich – two of his cousins are past lottery winners.

Go figure.

Sullivan lives just down the street from the store in Gilman, Vermont, which means he’ll have to pay taxes on his prize in two states.

And since he chose the lump sum payment – the 52 year old will only take home about five million dollars. More than enough move out of his mobile home, travel, and retire from his job at a local electronics company.

“I got until next Friday, is my last day,” he says. “Gave my two weeks notice.”

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