Louise White, a “vivacious” 81-year-old of Newport, Rhode Island, stepped forward today as the winner of $336.4 million, the third largest Powerball lottery in the history of the game.

“I want to say that I’m very happy and I’m very proud. This will make my family very happy,” she said. “We are truly blessed. Thank you.”

White took her bonanza calmly, speaking briefly and then leaving the crowded news conference for her new team of attorneys to handle. Her attorneys called her “vivacious as any octogenarian.”

The funds will go to the Rainbow Sherbert Trust, named after the dessert that she purchased last month while buying the lottery ticket. A family member had a craving for that flavor which led her to go to the store.

A family spokesman said the winning ticket was kept in White’s Bible — which she then slept with — until she could get to a bank and put it in a safe deposit box.

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