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Winner all smiles -- despite taxman, William Mooney is facing a $2

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Winner all smiles -- despite taxman, William Mooney is facing a $2

Date2/23/1988

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Faught, Ken (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Winner all smiles -- despite taxman; William Mooney is facing a $2.5 million bill from Washington -- but he was all smiles when he picked up his $5.5 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot yesterday. The 57-year-old retired father of four; from Baldwin; N.Y.; pictured with his son Gregory; bought the tickets on vacation in Metro. He plans to buy a house in Long Island. Lottery winnings are taxable in the United States.

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