The winner of the $754.6 million Powerball jackpot was revealed by Washington's Lottery on Friday afternoon.

Becky Bell, an Auburn resident who has worked for Boeing for 36 years, claimed the Powerball jackpot on Tuesday, February 28.

Bell said she purchased the winning ticket on Feb. 5 while grocery shopping at a Fred Meyer in Auburn, representing the fifth-largest jackpot in the history of the game.

Bell spends $20 on lottery tickets each week, and had already spent her money for the week, but said she "had to buy one more ticket” after seeing a lottery sign at Fred Meyer. The sign showed the estimated $747 million jackpot and it stood out to her as a reason to buy another ticket because just that week Boeing delivered its last 747 jumbo jet.

She said she had been planning to retire in June, but now she will retire at the end of March after she helps train other employees at Boeing. She plans to split the money among her family.

She chose the lump sum option, which is where you get the prize immediately in cash. After taxes, she walked away with $309 million.

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