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Truck driver wins HUGE jackpot- immediately retires

David Johnson displays his Giants Powerball check for $298.3 million Friday at the Resorts World Casino in Queens. (Source New York Daily News)

A 56-year-old truck driver on Friday claimed a $298.3 million Powerball jackpot- the second-largest Powerball Jackpot in New York Lottery history.

David Johnson, who won the December 26, 2018 drawing with the numbers 5-25-38-52-67, and Powerball 24, decided to take his winnings in a lump sum payment, which after taxes and withholdings, nets out to $114 million.

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