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Hospital worker, Mavis Wanczyk, 53, came forward Thursday afternoon as the $758.7 million winner of the Massachusetts State Lottery's Powerball jackpot. 'My pipe dream came true,' Wanczyk said at a news conference. Wanczyk, of Chicopee, bought the lucky ticket that matched all five numbers - 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26 - and the Powerball, 4, at the Pride Station and Store in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

The smiling mother-of-two said she chose the winning numbers based on her family's birthdays. Wanczyk, who was joined by her mother and two sisters, doesn't plan to return to work. She said her dream of early retirement has finally come true. 'I called them and told them I will not be coming back,' she said as she laughed. Wanczyk said her colleague brought it to her attention that she had won the jackpot as they were driving home Wednesday night. She was leaving work from Mercy Medical Center with a Chicopee firefighter, and as they were discussing the Powerball, he looked at her ticket and told her she'd won. Unable to drive anywhere or do anything due to shock, Wanczyk said her colleague made sure she got home safely.

She chose to take a lump sum payment of $480 million, or $336 million after taxes, according to lottery officials. Wanczyk, who has worked for the hospital for 32 years, said the first thing she wants to do is sit back and relax.

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