![]() The thieves made away with $545,000 in cash that Whittaker carried around in a suitcase. On August 5, 2003, less than a year after Whittaker won the lottery, thieves broke into his car while it was parked at a strip club in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. He then purchased a Lamborghini and drove it through his neighborhood throwing cash. Moreover, for the deli manager who served the biscuits at the convenience store where he purchased the winning ticket, he purchased a $123,000 house and a new Jeep Grand Cherokee and gave her a check for $44,000. He also donated $14 million to establish the Jack Whittaker Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides food and clothing to low-income families in rural West Virginia. One of the beneficiary congregations constructed a multimillion-dollar church in Hurricane. Whittaker pledged 10% of his winnings to Christian charities-including several churches affiliated with the Church of God-in southern West Virginia. ![]() Whittaker chose the cash option of $113,386,407, after taxes. The jackpot that Christmas Day (before taxes) was a $314.9 million annuity or $170.5 million cash. He played the lottery only when it reached $100 million. He was not a regular lottery player but bought $100 in tickets because the jackpot was so high. On Christmas Eve 2002, Whittaker purchased the winning Quick Pick ticket at a supermarket in Hurricane, West Virginia, where he had stopped for a deli breakfast sandwich and to get fuel for his vehicle. Whittaker already had a net worth of over $17 million before his windfall. Powerball win īefore his lottery win, Whittaker had been the president of Diversified Enterprises Construction, a contracting firm in Putnam County, West Virginia, for 12 years. After winning the lottery, he was proximate to a number of crimes, and experienced several personal tragedies. ![]() His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) was an American businessman in the construction industry. ![]()
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