By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:16 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 20:18 BST, 11 April 2019
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A 90-year-old Florida woman who took home $278 million from a winning Powerball ticket six years ago has sued her son and his financial advisers, claiming money was put into poor investments while she was being charged $2 million in fees.
Gloria Mackenzie was widowed and living in a squalid duplex when she bought the jackpot Powerball ticket on May 18, 2013 at a Publix supermarket in Zepherhills, Florida, after a kind stranger let her cut in line.
Six years later, she filed the lawsuit against her 60-year-old son Scott Mackenzie and his financial advisors in state court in Jacksonville last month.
Scott Mackenzie had power of attorney over his mother's finances.
Gloria Mackenzie and her son Scott are seen in 2013, leaving the Florida Lottery office after claiming a lump sum payment for the Powerball jackpot
Scott Mackenzie (left) hired local radio show host Hank Madden (right) as an investment advisor for his mother for reasons that 'escape virtually everyone,' her lawyer said
He was working as an assistant manager in a shoe store when she hit the jackpot, and it was reported at the time that they had agreed to split the prize, as he claimed he'd given her half of to money
