Powerball $1.6bn jackpot couple come forward to claim world’s biggest lottery

The identities of the California and Florida winners are unknown at this time.

We still don’t know the names of the three lucky people who won a share of yesterday’s $1.5 billion Powerball drawing but that isn’t stopping the online rumor mill.

The winning tickets were sold in Chino Hills, California; Munford, Tennessee; and in Melbourne Beach, Florida, according to state lottery…

Despite their newfound wealth-a $529 million prize-John and Lisa Robinson revealed few grand plans for the money at a Friday afternoon news conference. But that’s still more than $500 million to each party.

The three winners will end up with about $529 million each before taxes.

John and Lisa Robinson said they bought four tickets at a grocery store near their home in Munford, Tennessee.

In California, a pro skateboarder is claiming he bought another winning ticket, sold in Chino Hills, Calif. Erik Bragg posted a photo of his winning ticket on Instagram, though some are questioning its authenticity. The other winning tickets were sold in California and Florida. Tennessee lottery officials confirmed on Thursday that Naifeh’s had sold a winning ticket.

“You’re talking about a check that has 9 numbers on it, it looks just absolutely insane”, said Traverso.

The Robinsons said they came to the Today Show before claiming the prize because they know that America wants to hear about who won the jackpot.

Townsend wanted the Robinsons to call a national media outlet before cashing in their ticket to ensure that they could control their own story.

Robinson said earlier in an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show that he and his wife, Lisa, want to help out certain friends, give to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, and donate to their church.

“It was emotional when they talked about what each of them were going to do with the winnings”, Tracy said.

But surely they planned to splurge on something, a reporter suggested.

Robinson carried the precious slip of paper to New York City and back before delivering the ticket Friday to lottery officials in Nashville.

“We weren’t meant to win”, Lupe said.

Naifeh said they initially felt they’d received “the short end of the stick” but felt better once they learned why they get lower payouts than sellers in other states.

Tennessee Lottery has not verified the ticket, which John Robinson had been keeping in the front pocket of his shirt.

Next week, he will return to his job at a distribution center and Lisa to her position at a dermatologist’s office, they said.

At the end of the segment, weatherman Al Roker shouted to the Robinsons: “Mom!”

The retailer will receive $100,000 for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.

A rumor was circulating tha an employee of Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz was one of the three powerball jackpot winners.

Lupe Quijada, a 78-year-old Chino Hills resident, used to buy lottery tickets at the 7-Eleven every Wednesday and Saturday with her late husband.