A couple from Florida were the second to announce that they were the lucky winners of the January 2016 record breaking Powerball jackpot. Maureen Smith and her husband David Kaltschmidt won $528.7 million (€493 million).
The winners of the record breaking Powerball jackpot have finally claimed their winning ticket, more than a month after the $1.6 billion (€1.3 billion) top prize that sent America into a ticket-buying frenzy.
Maureen Smith, 70 and her husband David Kaltschmidt, 55, won a $528.7 million (€493 million) share of the jackpot – splitting their winnings with Lisa and John Robinson, who had bought their winning ticket in Tennessee, and a California winner who chose to remains anonymous to this day.
David and Marie, who announced their win at a press conference, told the press they did not even tell their children for a day at first.
“That was hard,” said Maureen. Mr Kaltschmidt, told the press that he’s heard of stories of people changing after winning the lottery and he insisted that no such thing will happen to his family.
“We are not going to go party,” he said. “We are still going to live the same lives.”
David said he was retiring from his mechanical engineer job and had planned to buy a new truck, “Instead of designing airplanes I’m going to be doing charities, tax strategies, and investments,” he said. The couple have been married since 1980, originally come from New York. Maureen claimed to be the one that purchased the golden ticket at a supermarket. She told the press that the numbers were ones she usually plays with.
The couple opted for the $327.8 million (€305 million) lump sum rather than receiving the $528m (€493 million) sum in instalments.
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