$1.6 Billion Powerball Jackpot: What we know about the 3 winners

Winning $1.5B Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Chino Hills, lottery officials sayCalifornia Lottery spokesperson Russ Lopez explained that when the victor shows up, an extensive vetting process takes place to make sure they’re the actual victor.

After splitting the jackpot with two other winning families, and subtracting taxes, the family will collect a lump sum of almost $328 million.

The law in their state says that the victor must come in person with the ticket in hand along with the identification of the person who bought it. They said they planned to go back to Tennessee after appearing on the show. The store was presented with a giant US$25,000 cheque, according to The Commercial Appeal.

Wednesday night’s winners beat the 1 in 292 million odds to win the $1.586 billion jackpot.

Workers at the nursing home – with the exception of the victor – gathered around a television to watch the live drawing while clutching the tickets purchased for them by chain owner Shlomo Rechnitz, sad David Levy, senior manager for the center.

Kentucky Lottery officials said three, second-tier prizes of $1 million were won in Kentucky.

“I was running down the hallway screaming and crying”, Lisa Robinson said.

John Robinson said he stopped at Naifeh’s on his way home from work at his wife’s urging, even though he wasn’t feeling well.

When asked what they would do with the money, the Robinsons said the first thing they plan to do is pay off their daughter’s student loans.

“That’s a lot of winning tickets”, said David Workman, Idaho Lottery public information specialist.

“I think the American public wants to hear from them”, he explained.

The Tennessee Lottery said a victor will be announced when they claim the prize, but in town of 6,000 they are hoping they will know much sooner.

On “Today,” John Robinson said he bought four tickets representing four members of his family.

The Powerball jackpot now resets at $40 million.

The couple lives near the market where the prize number was bought.