John and Lisa Robinson, of Munford, Tenn. presented their ticket to lottery officials following their appearance on the morning show.
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“Big fancy houses, elaborate houses, they’re nice”.
John Robinson said he wasn’t nervous traveling or walking around NY with the piece of paper, worth multimillions, because no one knew he had it. The Tennessee couple live near the store where the winning ticket was bought.
John Robinson said he purchased the winning ticket in Munford Wednesday night at Naifeh’s Food Market, The Today Show reported.
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He said he wasn’t feeling well when he arrived at home. And Lisa said she plans to be at work on Monday.
“She knows of him”.
One reason to be suspicious of the family’s claim: The Robinsons said that they were headed directly to the lottery commission after appearing on the Today Show.
He’s now an admitted believer.
“Actually, (I was) a little scared because I didn’t knowexactly what do to”, he said. “I was running down the hallway screaming and crying”, she said. “How long are you going to last?” he asked. The would also like to splurge on family members too.
Tennessee Lottery executive Rebecca Hargrove said the couple would get a “small check today for a few million”, and collect the full lump sum in about 10 business days.
“Who will be coming out of the woodwork?” said Mary Sue Smith.
On Wednesday night state lottery officials announced Naifeh’s sold Tennessee’s jackpot winning ticket, netting the grocery store a $25,000 prize as part of the designation.
The Robinsons’ ticket, if validated, makes them one of two winners of the mammoth jackpot and means they will take home $1.15b. The other winning tickets were sold in California and Florida.
If their ticket is verified, the Robinsons will be splitting the $1.6 billion jackpot with two other winners – one in California and one in Florida.
Once confirmed the couple is expected to get approximately $533 million if they choose the lump-sum payment, which works out to about $327.8 million after taxes.
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For Wednesday night’s drawing alone, Powerball sales summed up to $1,270,206,274. A portion of the money is funneled toward education scholarships.
