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Michigan ‘hillbilly’ claims $337 million Powerball prize

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Donald Lawson, a 44-year-old Lapeer, Mich. resident, talks at a news conference Friday in which he claimed the $337 million Powerball prize as his mother, left, laughs. Lawson's mother asked to remain anonymous.

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The 44-year-old father of two and self-described "hillbilly" from Lapeer, Mich., claimed his prize Friday — the third largest in the game's history — in a lump-sum, $224.6 million payment that works out to $158.7 million, after taxes.