Over the weekend, my grandma won $1.5 million in Palm Springs. She was playing on a $1 slot machine and won progressive. My questions:

They told her she will receive a check of $71,000 this week and will receive the rest over the course of 20 years. Now that's not the ideal choice because 20 years is a long time for her. I've heard that's how it is with lottery but is it the same with casinos? Also, I'm sure there is a lump sum option which the casino said they'll call us tomorrow to talk about. Does anybody know how that works? I've heard they keep up to 2/3's of the winnings. Is there anything we can do to make sure we get something more than just half a million out of this? I mean, she won a big amount and I'm personally not even happy about what they're telling us.

Oh and she was interviewed for the news and all that other stuff, and on Google I found articles about previous winners - which weren't even this big - how can I find her article which I'm sure is out there?