A Tennessee couple, one of three winners of the record $1.6 billion (€1.46bn) US Powerball lottery jackpot, have said they will keep their jobs because "you can't just sit down and do nothing."
Lisa and John Robinson of Munford, Tennessee, appeared at a press conference at the Tennessee Lottery's offices with their adult daughter Tiffany and dog Abby and said they would take their $528.8 million share in an immediate cash payment instead of annual payments over 29 years.
"We're going to take the lump sum because we're not guaranteed tomorrow," Mr Robinson said.
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.
"Big fancy houses, elaborate houses, they're nice. But you have to clean them," he said.
Next week, he will return to his job at a distribution centre and Ms Robinson will return to her position at a dermatologist's office, they said.
"That's what we've done all our life. Work. You can't just sit down and do nothing," he said.
Mr Robinson recalled buying the lucky ticket on Wednesday just hours before the Powerball draw.
At home, he laid out the four tickets, one representing each family member, and took a nap.
His wife kept an eye on the televised draw and leapt up when she realized one of the tickets matched.
"I was running down the hallway screaming and crying," she recalled.
"I said, 'You have to check these numbers!'He was asleep and was like, 'Whaaa?'"
Once he had a good look at the ticket, he wanted to surprise his daughter who lives nearby.
He tried to lure her over with a request that she bring him some headache medicine.
"She got someone else to bring it," he sighed.
His plan foiled, he spilled the good news to her over the phone.
He then consulted his brother, who works in finance and referred them to a financial advisor, who recommended a lawyer.
Holders of the two other winning tickets, which were sold in California and Florida, have yet to come forward.
Under lottery rules, a winner has up to a year to present a ticket.
All three states with winners have laws requiring their names be released publicly, according to the Powerball website.
