Cleaning lady makes clean sweep of $294m lottery

Geraldine Williams, a 67-year-old cleaning woman, can afford to hire her own help now – after scooping $294m (€237m), the second-largest undivided lottery jackpot in US history.

Mrs Williams recalled staring at the television, clutching her ticket and muttering, “Oh, God! Oh, God! Let it be! Let it be!” as the winning numbers in the multi-state Mega Millions drawing were announced last week.