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[QUOTE]JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Missouri man who won a $258 million Powerball jackpot says he hasn't decided yet if he'll quit his job at the convenience store where he bought the winning ticket.
Chris Shaw — a 29-year-old tattooed father of three who was raised by his grandparents in rural southern Missouri — came forward Thursday as the winner of the 10th-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Shaw said he had just $28.96 in his bank account and recently bought a 1998 Ford Ranger from a friend who agreed to let him pay off the $1,000 price $100 at a time.
Now, he said, he no longer has to worry about how he'll pay his friend — or his utility bills.
"We didn't come from money. For us it's just going to be a huge relief to know I'm going to be able to pay my electric bill, my gas bill," Shaw told the Associated Press. "It's like a weight lifted. I had bills at home I didn't know how they were going to be paid."
He plans to use some of the money to pay bills and take his children to Disney World.
Shaw said he bought the $5 ticket Wednesday at the Break Time convenience store where he works in Marshall, a central Missouri town about 80 miles east of Kansas City.
Teeth to be replaced
He accepted his ceremonial check at the Missouri Lottery headquarters in Jefferson City wearing a tan and red plaid shirt, a red hat and a huge grin — minus two front teeth he says he lost because he didn't take care of them but can now afford to have replaced.
"I'm just a regular guy working paycheck to paycheck ... well not any more," he said.
Shaw said he needed a few days to decide whether he will keep his minimum-wage job at the store where he has worked for just three weeks.
He also plans to seek advice "from people who know about money" about whether to take the jackpot in 30 payments over 29 years or the lump-sum amount of $124,875,122.
His boss, Jackie Maxwell, general manager of the Missouri-based Break Time convenience store chain, was thrilled to hear Shaw had won.
"He's just a great guy, a good employee. When you think of a large winner like this, everyone likes to see that the person who won is somebody like Chris," she said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Shaw — who has a 10-year-old son, a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl by two different women — said he had played Missouri Scratchers lottery tickets before, winning at most $80.
He checked his Powerball ticket against the state lottery's website only after his girlfriend, Tosha Ewry, told him the winning ticket was bought at the store where he works.
More time with the kids
When Shaw called Ewry back to tell her the news, she thought he was joking, he said. Finally, he said he told her: "I swear on a stack of Bibles, you need to leave work and come home."
The winning numbers were 11-34-41-49-55, Powerball 20. The Power Play number was 2.
Shaw said he looks forward to spending more time with his kids, who live with their mothers about 240 miles southeast of him in his hometown of Alton, as well as with his girlfriend's two sons — 13-year-old and 15-year-old boys Shaw says he considers his own. He plans to take them all to Disney World in Florida.
"I can be with them as much as I want now," Shaw said.
He said his children already have been asking for new skateboards, bicycles and "just stuff that's really hard to do when you make $7.25 an hour."
Break Time will receive $50,000 for selling the winning ticket. If Shaw takes a lump-sum payment, the state income taxes due on the winnings would be about $6 million, state budget director Linda Luebbering said.
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Holy Fucking Shit.
[quote]The winning numbers were 11-34-41-49-55, Powerball 20. The Power Play number was 2.[/quote]
I fail to see how that's relevant
Now watch him squander that money and be poor in two years.
just saw this, god damnit
I'm actually happy for him, he has my congratulations.
Those kids are going to grow up being the happiest children in America. :unsmith:
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;21526397]Now watch him squander that money and be poor in two years.[/QUOTE]
Look where he lives..
if hes smart he'll invest some of the money
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;21526397]Now watch him squander that money and be poor in two years.[/QUOTE]
I don't see how you can make 258 million dollars disappear.
On the interest alone you have a year salary.
[QUOTE=saucekeg;21526464]if hes smart he'll invest some of the money[/QUOTE]
Or just spend it carefully.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;21526501]I don't see how you can make 258 million dollars disappear.
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most peoples lives end up getting pretty fucked up when they win the lottery.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;21526501]I don't see how you can make 258 million dollars disappear.
On the interest alone you have a year salary.[/QUOTE]
It's easier than you think.
God I wish I won the lottery, though that'll never happen because my luck is terrible, and I don't buy lottery tickets.
[QUOTE=Waals Vander;21526548]most people end up getting pretty fucked up when they win the lottery.[/QUOTE]
Wasn't one guy found buried 10 feet in concrete in the middle of a forest?
If you put even 10 million of that, wait, even 5 million of that in a bank account that gives you the interest, you can LIVE off the interest!
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;21526610]Wasn't one guy found buried 10 feet in concrete in the middle of a forest?[/QUOTE]
i don't know but a lot of people end up committing suicide when they realize they have all the money in the world and still aren't happy.
Too bad some jealous assholes are probably going to fuck with him.
most lottery winners tend to file for bankruptcy after 10 years anyways. I think the lottery is awesome for the economy though. it dumps alot of money into businesses within a short few years, then they're back to being hicks.
well if he's smart he'll take the 30 payments
[QUOTE=Waals Vander;21526647]i don't know but a lot of people end up committing suicide when they realize they have all the money in the world and still aren't happy.[/QUOTE]
WHAT sith all the money in the world you can do anything... ANYTHING FFS.
Bring your dead aunt back to life w/e
Why would you kill yourself...
He's probably going to be some sort of super redneck, with around 50 M4s or more.
[QUOTE=Waals Vander;21526873]well if he's smart he'll take the 30 payments[/QUOTE]
annual payments vs lump.
lump, ~50% less than jackpot. 25%Federal tax, and maybe about a 3-5%state tax. So he sees about 70% of that 50% of the jackpot. Plus, you don't have to budget yourself if you don't want too.
Annual, same taxes. Maximum jackpot split into 30 payments. You have to budget on that check every year (Will be about 5-6M a year, better than some CEOs).
Dear god, 258 million. You can't even imagine that.
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Thats him
[QUOTE=Kalibos;21526345]I fail to see how that's relevant[/QUOTE]
Time to go build a time machine then.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;21526397]Now watch him squander that money and be poor in two years.[/QUOTE]
he doesn't seem like the type of man to do such a thing. good for him!
My Economics teacher taught me that if you ever win the lottery, stay confidential and hire a lawyer. There will be loads of people begging for money, your friends will take advantage of you, and people will sue you to get some money.
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If you don't do that you will become poor in less than 5 years.
He's a dead guy already.
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