Gloria Mackenzie Lottery

More money, more problems.

The 90-year-old winner of $509.5 million Powerball jackpot is now suing her son, claiming that he and his financial adviser have mismanaged the money.

Gloria C Mackenzie (C), 84 years old, was certified as the winner of the 590.5 million Powerball jackpot. Gloria Mackenzie is a Florida woman who made headlines at the age of 84 when she won a staggering $590 million Powerball jackpot. At the time, in mid-2013, Gloria’s was the biggest sole lottery.

Former teacher Gloria Mackenzie, of Tallahassee, Florida, was 84 years old when she won the lottery in 2013 — the largest jackpot in history at the time.

1. Mackenzie, the power-ball lottery winner and I have donated $2,000,000.00 USD to you: From: Gloria C. Mackenzie gloria@carecorner.org.sg Date: 2015-06-29 18:14 GMT+02:00 Subject: $5.9m. Donation: gmckenzie8@hotmail.com To: I, Gloria C. Mackenzie hereby donate 5.9 Million to you in good faith for a project.
2. Winner Gloria MacKenzie of Zephyrhills, central Florida, chose the lump sum rather than collecting $590.5 million in 30 annual payments, Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell said in a news conference at the state lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.

She walked arm-in-arm with her son Scott Mackenzie shortly after the big win to claim a lump sum payout of approximately $270 million before taxes.

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Gloria had split the money with her son because he helped her purchase the ticket, court documents stated.

Now, a pending lawsuit alleges that Scott and his financial adviser Harry Madden, owner of Madden Advisory Services in Jacksonville, have mismanaged the winnings, causing Gloria to suffer more than $10 million in damages.

“The money was earning between .02% and 0.08%. Then Gloria was charged $2 million in fees,” Gloria’s attorney Greg Anderson told CNBC.

Scott had allegedly hired Madden to manage the winnings after hearing the financial adviser’s show over the radio, and Madden had no previous experience in managing that amount of money, the suit alleges.

Scott’s lawyers have reportedly filed a motion to dismiss the suit and claimed in the filing that none of the accounts lost money and that Gloria had requested the money be invested conservatively.

Scott’s attorney Lee Wedekind III said in a statement, “Although he strongly disagrees with the allegations that have been made, he will respect his family’s privacy by reserving any further comments until the case has been concluded.”

Madden Advisory Services did not respond to InsideEdition.com’s request for comment.

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Gloria MacKenzie, an 84 year old woman who currently resides
in Florida won the largest single Powerball Jackpot in history
after a courteous stranger let her step ahead of her in line at
the supermarket.

As a result, MacKenzie is now a multi-millionaire who
generously dispersed her money to her children. She didn’t leave
herself out of the deal though, as she recently has purchased a
1.2 million dollar home in Jacksonville, FL.

Life Prior to Winning

MacKenzie was previously a teacher at East Millinocket in Maine before
moving to Zephyrhills, Florida, a popular hotspot for elderly
people after retirement. She moved there by herself after the
death of her husband, Ralph, a World War II veteran.

Gloria Mackenzie Lottery Winner

She lived in a modest, gray duplex that she was renting at
the time. It was small, out-dated, and located across from a cow
pasture.

Life Changing Jackpot

MacKenzie was in line at a Publix Supermarket for her daily
purchase of a single quick-pick Powerball ticket, which keep in
mind contains randomly generated numbers. She always bought her
tickets here and never took part in choosing her numbers.

The people ahead of her in line graciously let MacKenzie slip
ahead of them, unaware of what that could mean for their future.
We later find out that those well-mannered people ahead of
MacKenzie in line were Mindy Crandell and her 10-year-old
daughter, both of which reside in Zephyrhills.

MacKenzie bought four additional Powerball tickets prior to
that winning one, for a ten dollar total investment into the
jackpot. The Powerball numbers were announced on Wednesday, May
19th, 2013. MacKenzie stayed up late that night to wait for the
results. As soon as the numbers were drawn, before even looking
at her ticket, she knew she had won.

MacKenzie, filled with excitement, immediately started
contacting different lawyers and financial advisers, asking them
questions and filling out all of the necessary paperwork. It
wasn’t until June 5th, that MacKenzie came forward to claim her
prize. She wanted everything ready ahead of time.

She wore a pink blouse, white pants, and large black
sunglasses to hide her face the day she visited the Florida
State lottery offices. MacKenzie clasped tightly to her son’s
arm, refusing to answer any questions asked by the reporters
that surrounded them.

MacKenzie was advised to take the money in a lump sum, due to
her age. This meant a total of nearly $371 million which
amounted to $278 million after taxes. She agreed to split the
money with her son, Scott, who was with her the day she claimed
her prize.

MacKenzie quickly moved out of her apartment in Zephyrhills
and went on to purchase a 1.2 million dollar home in a
golf-centered gated community in Jacksonville, FL close by to
where her son lives.

As a retired teacher, MacKenzie had a true passion for
education, and that’s why she donated $2 million to repair the
roof of Schneck High School in East Millinocket, Maine. This
school holds a very special place in her heart, not only because
she taught there, but because her daughter currently teaches
High School Science there as well.

Gloria MacKenzie doesn’t like confrontation with reporters
and would prefer to stay out from the eyes of the public. She
did give one public statement though which she ended by
thoughtfully saying,

“We are grateful with this blessing of
winning the Florida Lottery Powerball jackpot.”