“A US railroad engineer and self-described ‘hillbilly’ is less than impressed that the tax man is getting a big chunk of the $337 million he won in the latest Powerball lottery. Donald Lawson, 44, of Lapeer, Michigan, who retains the accent of his native Arkansas, came forward on Friday as the winner of the seventh-biggest jackpot in US lottery history.”
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