22,000,000 Lottery Winners Split The Pot 50-50

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Years ago, Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney made a pact: if either of them ever won the lottery, they'd split the winnings. Then they shook on it.
Twenty eight years later, Cook kept his word. The Elk Mound, Wisconsin, man won a whopping $22 million playing the Powerball. And true to his word, he reached out to his old fishing buddy Feeney. "Are you jerking my bobber?" an incredulous Feeney asked, according to a Wisconsin Lottery office release Thursday. The two friends had been buying tickets every week and were stunned their luck finally came around.
 

Choosing the cash option of approximately $16.7 Million, Tom and Joe each took home about $5.7 Million after federal and state taxes. This win is Wisconsin’s 18th Powerball jackpot since Wisconsin debuted the game in 1992. This is the first Wisconsin Powerball jackpot won since March 2019 when Wisconsin had a record-setting $768.4 Million jackpot winner. Wisconsin is now tied for fourth on the all-time list of most frequently winning states.
 

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