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Powerball winners?! Tennessee couple claims they won the jackpot on TODAY Show

Meanwhile, a couple went on NBC’s “Today” show to claim they have a winning Powerball ticket that was sold in Munford, Tennessee.

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Talking about their future plans after suddenly becoming super rich, Robinson said earlier on the NBC’s “Today” show that his family would help certain friends, give money to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, and donate to their church.

Under lottery rules, a victor has up to a year to present a ticket. “I don’t really want that now”, said his wife, Lisa Robinson, who works in a dermatologist’s office.

California Lottery officials confirmed a winning ticket for the record-breaking Powerball jackpot drawn on Wednesday was sold at a Chino Hill’s 7-Eleven.

The California victor of the jackpot has not yet come forward to collect his or her prize, according to Elias Domingez, spokesman for the California Lottery.

The couple has a son, Adam, who works as an electrician, and a daughter, Tiffany, who lives nearby in her late grandparents’ home.

Lisa wrote the numbers down, watched the drawing and triple-checked the numbers before startling John awake with the news. Two other winning tickets were sold at locations in Tennessee and Florida, but the cities have not been revealed.

The Robinsons appeared on the “Today” show on Friday morning and claimed to have the winning ticket. So the Robinsons would have to get right back on a plane to Tennessee to claim their prize.

Traverso who has seen the prize checks said they often seem fake.

The couple bought four tickets at Naifeh’s Food Mart, a grocery store one block from their home at 6:56 p.m. on Wednesday night.

David Levy, an operator at the center, told the publication that the lucky lotto victor was at work when she found out but completed her shift. Rechnitz bought 18,000 tickets for his employees and residents at 80 nursing homes across California.

The winning ticket came from the 7-11 in Chino Hills.

“Her reaction was that she didn’t believe it. She then pulled out her ticket and reviewed it with two other nurses – number by number”, said Levy.

They overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million to land on all the numbers.

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The prospect of becoming instantly rich sparked a ticket-buying frenzy that had been expected to reach a rate of $1.3 million per minute during yesterday evening’s rush hour, Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas lottery, told a news conference.

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