'We're not guaranteed tomorrow,' says John.įlorida-based Smith and Kaltschmidt also picked the lump sum. The Robinsons' winning ticket was one of four they bought at a grocery store, they told NBC's TODAY show.
The winners - John and Lisa Robinson in Tennessee, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt in Florida, and Marvin and Mae Acosta in California - split the full prize, giving them the option of roughly $533 million before taxes as an annuity or $327.8 million as the lump-sum payment. As soon as the current Powerball jackpot finds a winner, or winners, this one from five years ago will drop down to the second-biggest slot. 13, 2016, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history's biggest lottery prize - but not for much longer.
