Powerball winner, 90, sues her own son and says he squandered her $278million winnings by hiring a talk radio host to manage her investments while charging 'outrageous' fees Gloria Mackenzie, 90, filed the lawsuit last month in Jacksonville, Florida She took home about $278 million after taxes on $590 million jackpot in 2013 Son Scott Mackenzie, 60, was working as an assistant manager in a shoe store Suit claims Scott hired call-in radio show host Hank Madden to manage money Gloria complains she was charged $2 million in fees and saw little returns Madden argues he simply used a conservative investment strategy By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com Published: 20:16 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 20:18 BST, 11 April 2019 Viewcomments 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 to buy the winning ticket. As the wife of a mill worker, and with little money until she was in her 80s, Gloria Mackenzie says she had little education in managing a large sum of money and relied on her son. Gloria's attorney Gregory Anderson told the Florida Times-Union that for reasons that 'escape virtually everyone who examined this,' Scott hired as an investment advisor Hank Madden, who runs a local call-in radio show dispensing financial advice on Saturday mornings. Madden charged 'outrageous amounts and fees totally untied to any actual performance,' Anderson claimed. The lawsuit claims that Gloria missed out on 'tens of millions of dollars' in expected investment gains due to Madden's strategy, all while paying handsome fees in excess of $2 million. Madden (far left) is seen hosting his weekly radio show, Smart Money. Madden is also a professional financial advisor with his firm Madden Advisory Services Madden can be seen far left in 2013 accompanying Gloria and Scott (far right) as they visit the lottery office in 2013 to claim the Powerball jackpot The suit says that Madden had never handled any account the size of the Mackenzie's, and that prior clients had complained about him. 'Scott failed to perform the proper due diligence to investigate and understand the person being considered to handle his mother's nine-figure portfolio,' the complaint states. Scott says in court papers there's no basis for a lawsuit just because investments didn't grow the way his mother liked. His attorneys said in a motion that Scott merely introduced his mother to an investment advisor who put her in 'conservative investment vehicles, in accordance with her chosen investment objectives, and effectively preserved her wealth.' It is unclear how much of her fortune Gloria retains. In 2013, she purchased a 6,300-square-foot, five-bedroom home in Glen Kernan Country Club for $1.2 million. The the deed to the home was transferred to her daughter and trustee Melinda MacKenzie in June 2013, but records now show it listed under her son's name. After hitting the jackpot, Gloria also offered to donate $2 million to fix the roof of a high school in her hometown in Maine. According to Anderson, Scott 'banished' Gloria from the country club mansion, and she is currently living with another of her children in Jacksonville. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility