John Robinson and his wife Lisa bought four tickets at Naifeh’s Food Mart, a grocery store one block from their home in Munford, Tennessee, at 6:56 p.m. on Wednesday night.
Lottery authority in the US 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.
The Tennessee couple who bought one of three winning Powerball lottery tickets says they will continue to work despite taking a lump sum pay-out of US$528.8 million (RM2.33 billion).
Rock’s comments certainly aren’t the first to point out the massive lack of diversity amongst this year’s nominations, but it must have irked the Academy, well the white members at least.
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.