Florida winners of the $1.58 billion Powerball claim prize

Feb 19, 2016, 17:44

During that jackpot run from November 5, 2015, to January 13, 2016, the Iowa Lottery sold about $34.2 million in Powerball tickets.

Smith said she chose the lump sum because of her age, 70.

The Florida Lottery is holding a press conference at its headquarters in Tallahassee.

People nationwide have been wondering for over a month who the Florida Powerball victor was.

The first winning ticket was claimed two days after the winning numbers were drawn on January 13.

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They're establishing a trust - called Nickel 95 - to help them spend their money.

"I knew they were my numbers... we didn't believe it", said Smith.

Now that they've been identified, Smith is "afraid it'll make me less friendly". "...It's scary and unknown".

Kaltschmidt works as a manufacturing engineer at Northrop Grumman and, not surprisingly, said he will be retiring. "Instead of designing airplanes, I'm gonna be doing, you know, charities and tax strategies and investments", Kaltschmidt said. But Kaltschmidt said he has upgraded the home security system, and Smith, originally from Long Island, seemed especially tense.

The couple is sharing their Powerball money with two other winners. They planned to keep their jobs because "you just can't sit down and do nothing". "It's just so overwhelming", said Kaltschmidt.

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Out of three winning tickets, one was purchased from a Publix supermarket in Melbourne, Florida.

Neighbors of the Florida Powerball winners describe Kaltschmidt and Smith as wonderful, helpful, and kind.

The winners said the ticket was purchased at the Melbourne Publix off State Road A1A.

This POWERBALL jackpot roll series, which began on November 7, 2015, resulted in more than 5.3 million winning tickets in Florida, totaling more than $558.8 million in prizes.

But the Chino Hills ticket holder's identity is a mystery.

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Five second place tickets were sold in NY - three in Queens, one in Rockland County and one in Nassau County.

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