Cut Off resident claims Powerball jackpot

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 posted 12:07 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. -- A 67-year-old Cut Off resident has claimed the $15 million Powerball jackpot from Sept. 30 after purchasing the only ticket that matched all the numbers.

Jane Compeaux Jabert and her family arrived at the Louisiana Lottery Corp. offices on Monday in a white stretch Hummer limousine. She was presented with an oversized check by lottery officials.

Jabert's nephew, Mitchell Compeaux, will be her certified public accountant, she said. "I'll just make sure Mitch tells me not to spend too much," Jabert said.

Jabert said she planned to take a lump sum payment _ $5.08 million _ after federal and state taxes.

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