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"My parents always taught us to have manners and be polite to our elders." "Being polite is better than being rich," said Mallory. "I guess it was meant to be for her to be rich," said Crandell. She then bought one Powerball ticket - the winner. The cashier noticed and offered Crandell a chance to reclaim her spot in line, but she allowed the 84-year-old Gloria Mackenzie to go ahead. It could have been Mindy Crandell, but she and daughter Mallory said they are fine with the way things turned out. Mindy Crandell, 34, of Florida was in line to buy a ticket for the 590 million Powerball jackpot when the woman who won the lottery cut in line. Mackenzie did not appear for the big announcement in Tallahassee, but she was there to cash in the ticket to become the largest single jackpot winner of all time. "Then I got a picture texted from a friend that said, 'Is this the lady?' My daughter said, 'Mom look, it's the lady that went in front of us,'" said Crandell. Mackenzie's name didn't ring a bell for Crandell, but a photo of the winner did. Mackenzie collected the lump sum cash option of $371 million. "And it was our turn, and the lady turned and looked at me, and I said, 'Go ahead.

That friendly neighbor may have been Mindy Crandell. Florida Lottery officials said a good Samaritan let the eventual winner cut in line at the Lotto counter. The day the winning Powerball ticket was purchased at the Zephyrhills Publix, there may have been a $590 million act of kindness. Mackenzie, of Zephyrhills, will take the lump sum payout of nearly $371 million, lottery officials said. The 84-year-old woman bought the ticket worth $590 at a Publix in Zephyrhills on May 18.

Gloria Mackenzie's name was revealed today at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. The winner of the biggest jackpot in Powerball history has come forward. "That being polite is better than being rich," said Molly Crandell.ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.

Whatever it was, it was meant to be that she had it," she said.Ĭrandell told us she was being polite when she let Mackenzie cut in line and does not regret it, especially since it taught her daughter, Molly, a valuable lesson. maybe there's something down the road or she needed it more than we did. "I was with my younger daughter and I wasn't paying attention and she was like 'Mommy, there's a woman getting in front of us' and I said, 'Let her go, it's fine," said Mindy Crandell, the woman who said she was the person who let Mackenzie jump ahead.īut does Crandell regret letting Mackenzie jump ahead of her in line that day? While the 84-year-old winner opted not to speak during a press conference in Tallahassee on Wednesday, she did tell lottery officials that a woman let her skip the line the day she purchased the ticket.Īlso read: Powerball winner's neighbors: "Couldn't happen to a nicer woman" ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida - New details are emerging about the day Gloria Mackenzie bought the winning $590 million Powerball ticket at a Zephyrhills Publix on May 18.