‘A handshake is a handshake’: Friends split $22M Powerball jackpot, honoring years-old agreement
SAN ANSELMO, CA - JANUARY 03: Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets are displayed on January 3, 2018 in San Anselmo, California. The Powerball jackpot and Mega Millions jackpots are both over $400 million at the same time for the first time. The Mega Millions $418 million jackpot would be the fourth largest and the $460 million Powerball jackpot would be the seventh largest in the game's history. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Tom Cook and Joe Feeney are good friends and have been for a long time. 20 years ago, Feeney and Cook made a pact, “We said whenever the big winner comes, we’re going to split it, so we buy every week … not really thinking it would happen,” Feeney said. Well, last month, Cook checked the numbers for his June 10 Powerball ticket and discovered he had won $22 million and he didn’t hesitate to call his friend and tell him they both won!
Cook and Feeney are taking a cash payout of $16.7 million, and each will get about $5.7 million after taxes.
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