Players should sign the back of their ticket immediately after purchasing for security purposes and treat their tickets like cash.
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But they shouldn’t wait too long: California gives its winners a year to contact lottery officials before the money automatically goes to schools.
“Who will be coming out of the woodwork?”
Neighbors Roy and Mary Sue Smith say they have lived next door to the Robinsons since about 1995.
It could happen to you. The Lottery encourages players to play responsibly and reminds players that help for those with gambling problems is available by calling 1-877-770-7867.
None of the winners stepped forward to claim their share of the prize Thursday. The couple is in their middle 50s. Their son, Adam, is an electrician, and their daughter, Tiffany, who lives nearby, is a recent college graduate.
‘I have a big favor to ask. The winning ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball.
Robinson said he stopped at Naifeh’s Wednesday night, went home, handed the ticket to his wife and went to lay down because he wasn’t feeling well.
Publix was “excited for the customer or customers who purchased the winning ticket”, spokesman Dwaine Stevens wrote in an email to The Washington Post. They recently were told they would be laid off at the end of January, the New Mexico Lottery reported in its release.
Lisa wrote the numbers down, watched the drawing and triple-checked the numbers before startling John awake with the news. “And by the time he got to the last two numbers, I just started screaming and jumping up and down”.
John and Lisa Robinson walked into the headquarters in Nashville on Friday afternoon and were greeted by the head of the state’s lottery. “I am so thankful to my customer that they come here”, said Babir Atwal. “I got to the store, and there was already a completed play slip at the playstation”. With his win he plans on getting a better, extended cab truck for his family, and paying some medical bills.
Tennessee’s top lottery official Rebecca Hargrove was traveling to Munford, a suburb of Memphis, to announce the store that sold one of the jackpot tickets and present the retailer with a $25,000 bonus check, a lottery spokeswoman said.
The winners of the world-record jackpot overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million to land on all the numbers: 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball 10.
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