What happens next when you win a Powerball jackpot?

When asked during a news conference yesterday why they were going back to work, Lisa Robinson responded “why not?” Her husband added, “That’s what we’ve done all our lives”. “I knew that I wanted to get an accountant”, he said.

John and Lisa Robinson, of Munford, Tennessee, appeared on Friday morning in NY with the ticket they said entitled them to a piece of the $1.6bn prize.

The workers pooled their ticket purchases and claimed the prize at Kentucky Lottery headquarters in Louisville on Thursday afternoon, lottery officials said Friday morning.

John Robinson told Today that he was “a little scared” after discovering they’d won because he didn’t know what to do. From left are Tiffany Robinson, attorney Joe Townsend, John Robinson, Lisa Robinson, and Rebecca Hargrove.

He said he wasn’t feeling well when he arrived at home. The Tennessee couple live near the store where the winning ticket was bought.

Two other winning jackpot tickets were sold; one in Chino Hills, California, another in Tennessee.

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.

Millions of tickets were sold in 44 U.S. states, with the draw taking place in Florida.

He works in IT and she is employed at a Memphis dermatologist’s office.

The winning ticket was one of three sold nationwide.

“Just do what you need to do to be prepared”, California Lottery spokesman Lopez said, according to the Los Angeles Times.

But the New York Daily News reports the nurse’s daughter says it was an embarrassing prank. It’s possible we could see another billion dollar jackpot in the near future because the odds (1 in 292 million) are so slim. In fact, John Robinson pulled the $500 million ticket out of his front shirt pocket. “All lottery winners names are public record”, Lopez said.

Drivers pass a billboard where the word “billion” has replaced “million” to show the correct amount of the jackpot for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn.

Rechnitz said the prank was “despicable” and told the news agency he would pay for an all-expense paid vacation for the nurse and her family to any destination they pick. They quickly assembled a team of lawyers and financial planners.