Powerball winners from Munford revealed on national TV

“It was his idea”, said John Robinson motioning to his lawyer, Joe Townsend, who was also part of the interview.

The lump sum payout is about $327 million.

The couple said they first plan to use the money to pay off their daughter’s student loans. Two other winning tickets were sold at locations in Tennessee and Florida, but the cities have not been revealed.

The announcement of the lottery winners came after the previous 19 draws produced no jackpot winners, and the grand prize rolled over each time.

The Robinsons seemed aware of at least some of the risks, even as they flew to NY – bringing along the family dog, they said – to tell the world that their future income has suddenly grown to more than half a billion dollars.

Rechnitz bought 18,000 tickets for his employees and residents of the dozens of nursing homes he owns in the state. “I knew that I wanted to get a lawyer and try to follow the procedures that they tell you to follow”.

Robinson recalled buying the lucky ticket on Wednesday just hours before the Powerball drawing.

Their winning ticket was purchased at Naifeh’s Food Mart in the small town of Munford, Tennessee.

Florida Lottery officials are still waiting for the victor of the jackpot to come forward.

The identity of the California victor has not been made public.

Lisa, who works at a dermatology clinic, says she will continue to work despite winning the massive jackpot.

John Robinson works in information technology, and Lisa has been employed at a dermatologist’s office in Memphis. The couple is in their middle 50s, neighbors said. “We want to enjoy a little bit of it but we want to invest it so our son and daughter will be okay”, John said. Their neighborhood is a quiet, close-knit suburb of well-kept single family homes. She indicated she would return to work Monday. She went to school at Murray State.

Once he had a good look at the ticket, he wanted to surprise Tiffany, who lives nearby.

“Big fancy houses are nice but you’ve also got to clean them”, John Robinson said.

Without a victor, the jackpot would have increased to $2 billion, with a cash value of $1.24 billion, ahead of Saturday’s drawing, the Texas Lottery Commission posted on Twitter. When she realized there was a match, she checked three more times before alerting her husband.

In addition to the jackpot, a Powerball ticket that won $2 million was sold in Dyersburg in Dyer County, two counties north of Tipton County. The Associated Press could not immediately verify their claim.

In some states, winners have up to one year to claim Powerball prize money.

Walker’s winning ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers, but did not match the Powerball.