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Meanwhile, a couple went on NBC’s “Today” show to claim they have a winning Powerball ticket that was sold in Munford, Tennessee.

A Tennessee couple has claimed they have one of the three winning tickets for the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot.

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

They will pay off their two children’s student loans as well as their own mortgage and, after investing the rest of their new-found fortune, keep living in the same home, with the same jobs, in the Memphis suburb of Munford.

Lottery authority in the USA state of Tennessee verified Friday that a couple from the small town of Munford had claimed one third of the world-record 1.6-billion-U.S.-dollar Powerball jackpot.

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John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee, show off what they claim is one of the three winning Powerball tickets from the largest jackpot in history.

The winners of the record $1.6 billion U.S. Powerball jackpot had yet to emerge early on Thursday, with lottery officials saying the massive prize will be split between ticket holders in three states – Tennessee, California and Florida.

John Robinson said he reached out to his brother for help assembling a team of lawyers and financial planners before deciding to take the winnings in a single lump sum of almost $328 million, rather than let the Lottery invest the prize and pay him 30 annual installments totaling...

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

The lump sum payout is about $327 million.

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.

The reigning AL MVP asked for $11.8 million while the Blue Jays offered the 30-year-old $11.35 million.

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