SSSSSSHHHHH! Anonymous Lottery Winner Claims Prize

Saturday, March 18, 2006 posted 05:58 AM EST

CLEVELAND -- The winner of a $270 million lottery jackpot has claimed the prize anonymously by forming a trust.

Toledo, Ohio attorney Mark Mockensturm, a trustee for the M And H Blind Trust, made the claim today at the Ohio Lottery's headquarters on behalf of the winner of the February 28 Mega Millions jackpot.

The Mega Millions game is also played in Georgia.

The winner chose to receive the prize in a lump sum and, after taxes, will get a check for $113.5 million.

The ticket was sold in Lyons, a farming village of about 600 people two miles from the Michigan state line and 30 miles west of Toledo.

Lottery officials said this was the seventh Mega Millions winner in Ohio, and the third biggest jackpot since the multistate game was renamed in 2002. It is played in 12 states.

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